diff --git a/cmake/Findinih.cmake b/cmake/Findinih.cmake
index 0913d32a..22fc2470 100644
--- a/cmake/Findinih.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Findinih.cmake
@@ -24,20 +24,22 @@ mark_as_advanced(inih_inireader_LIBRARY)
 
 find_package_handle_standard_args(inih REQUIRED_VARS inih_LIBRARY inih_INCLUDE_DIR)
 
-if(inih_FOUND)
-  set(inih_INCLUDE_DIRS "${inih_INCLUDE_DIR}")
-  set(inih_LIBRARIES "${inih_LIBRARY}")
-  if(NOT TARGET inih::libinih)
-    add_library(inih::libinih INTERFACE IMPORTED)
-  endif()
-  set_property(TARGET inih::libinih PROPERTY INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES "${inih_INCLUDE_DIRS}")
-  set_property(TARGET inih::libinih PROPERTY INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES "${inih_LIBRARIES}")
-
-  set(inih_inireader_INCLUDE_DIRS "${inih_inireader_INCLUDE_DIR}")
-  set(inih_inireader_LIBRARIES "${inih_inireader_LIBRARY}")
-  if(NOT TARGET inih::inireader)
-    add_library(inih::inireader INTERFACE IMPORTED)
-  endif()
-  set_property(TARGET inih::inireader PROPERTY INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES "${inih_inireader_INCLUDE_DIRS}")
-  set_property(TARGET inih::inireader PROPERTY INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES "${inih_inireader_LIBRARIES}")
+if(NOT inih_FOUND)
+  message(FATAL_ERROR "inih library not found")
 endif()
+
+set(inih_INCLUDE_DIRS "${inih_INCLUDE_DIR}")
+set(inih_LIBRARIES "${inih_LIBRARY}")
+if(NOT TARGET inih::libinih)
+  add_library(inih::libinih INTERFACE IMPORTED)
+endif()
+set_property(TARGET inih::libinih PROPERTY INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES "${inih_INCLUDE_DIRS}")
+set_property(TARGET inih::libinih PROPERTY INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES "${inih_LIBRARIES}")
+
+set(inih_inireader_INCLUDE_DIRS "${inih_inireader_INCLUDE_DIR}")
+set(inih_inireader_LIBRARIES "${inih_inireader_LIBRARY}")
+if(NOT TARGET inih::inireader)
+  add_library(inih::inireader INTERFACE IMPORTED)
+endif()
+set_property(TARGET inih::inireader PROPERTY INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES "${inih_inireader_INCLUDE_DIRS}")
+set_property(TARGET inih::inireader PROPERTY INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES "${inih_inireader_LIBRARIES}")
diff --git a/cmake/findDependencies.cmake b/cmake/findDependencies.cmake
index d3f3f761..1e2cff1d 100644
--- a/cmake/findDependencies.cmake
+++ b/cmake/findDependencies.cmake
@@ -77,12 +77,10 @@ if( ICONV_FOUND )
 endif()
 
 find_package(inih)
-if( inih_FOUND )
-    message ( "-- inih_INCLUDE_DIRS : " ${inih_INCLUDE_DIRS} )
-    message ( "-- inih_LIBRARIES : " ${inih_LIBRARIES} )
-    message ( "-- inih_inireader_INCLUDE_DIRS : " ${inih_inireader_INCLUDE_DIRS} )
-    message ( "-- inih_inireader_LIBRARIES : " ${inih_inireader_LIBRARIES} )
-endif()
+message ( "-- inih_INCLUDE_DIRS : " ${inih_INCLUDE_DIRS} )
+message ( "-- inih_LIBRARIES : " ${inih_LIBRARIES} )
+message ( "-- inih_inireader_INCLUDE_DIRS : " ${inih_inireader_INCLUDE_DIRS} )
+message ( "-- inih_inireader_LIBRARIES : " ${inih_inireader_LIBRARIES} )
 
 if( BUILD_WITH_CCACHE )
     find_program(CCACHE_FOUND ccache)
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 9c75e9c8..45599953 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -248,12 +248,10 @@ if( ICONV_FOUND )
     target_link_libraries( exiv2lib PRIVATE Iconv::Iconv )
 endif()
 
-if( inih_FOUND )
-    target_link_libraries( exiv2lib_int PRIVATE inih::libinih )
-    target_link_libraries( exiv2lib_int PRIVATE inih::inireader )
-    target_link_libraries( exiv2lib PRIVATE inih::libinih )
-    target_link_libraries( exiv2lib PRIVATE inih::inireader )
-endif()
+target_link_libraries( exiv2lib_int PRIVATE inih::libinih )
+target_link_libraries( exiv2lib_int PRIVATE inih::inireader )
+target_link_libraries( exiv2lib PRIVATE inih::libinih )
+target_link_libraries( exiv2lib PRIVATE inih::inireader )
 
 write_basic_package_version_file(exiv2ConfigVersion.cmake COMPATIBILITY ExactVersion)