diff --git a/cmake_modules/Findlog4cxx.cmake b/cmake_modules/Findlog4cxx.cmake
index 4b6772434f49cd098fd7bf4b30e010c9a3b2acb6..0b68a76f936d2df443adc919a8b73b8603ff7eef 100644
--- a/cmake_modules/Findlog4cxx.cmake
+++ b/cmake_modules/Findlog4cxx.cmake
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # LOG4CXX_LIBRARIES - liblog4cxx library
 
 FIND_PATH(LOG4CXX_INCLUDE_DIR log4cxx/logger.h PATHS /include /usr/include /usr/local/include )
-FIND_LIBRARY(LOG4CXX_LIBRARIES NAMES log4cxx log4cxxd PATHS /lib /usr/lib /usr/local/lib ${LOG4CXX_LIBRARIES})
+FIND_LIBRARY(LOG4CXX_LIBRARIES NAMES log4cxx log4cxxd PATHS /lib /usr/lib /usr/local/lib )
 
 IF(LOG4CXX_INCLUDE_DIR AND LOG4CXX_LIBRARIES)
   SET(LOG4CXX_FOUND 1)