--- a/cMake/FindPyCXX.cmake
+++ b/cMake/FindPyCXX.cmake
@@ -22,12 +22,6 @@
 
 set(PYCXX_FOUND "YES")
 
-if(FREECAD_USE_EXTERNAL_PYCXX)
-    find_package(PkgConfig)
-    pkg_check_modules(PyCXX REQUIRED PyCXX)
-    pkg_get_variable(PYCXX_SOURCE_DIR PyCXX srcdir)
-endif(FREECAD_USE_EXTERNAL_PYCXX)
-
 # find the header directory
 if(PYCXX_INCLUDE_DIRS)
     # headers better be in there