diff --git a/cmake/findDependencies.cmake b/cmake/findDependencies.cmake
index 85a7c7a1..64a22569 100644
--- a/cmake/findDependencies.cmake
+++ b/cmake/findDependencies.cmake
@@ -55,10 +55,6 @@ if( BUILD_WITH_CCACHE )
     endif()
 endif()
 
-if (EXIV2_BUILD_UNIT_TESTS)
-    find_package(GTest REQUIRED)
-endif()
-
 # On Windows we are interested in placing the DLLs together to the binaries in the install/bin
 # folder, at the installation step. On other platforms we do not care about that, since the
 # RPATHs will point the locations where the libraries where found.
diff --git a/unitTests/CMakeLists.txt b/unitTests/CMakeLists.txt
index b8f89e06..28d21c49 100644
--- a/unitTests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/unitTests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+find_package(GTest REQUIRED)
+
 add_executable(unit_tests mainTestRunner.cpp
     gtestwrapper.h
     test_types.cpp