diff --git a/cmakeconfig/EolianConfig.cmake.in b/cmakeconfig/EolianConfig.cmake.in
index 4034dbe973..919881f724 100644
--- a/cmakeconfig/EolianConfig.cmake.in
+++ b/cmakeconfig/EolianConfig.cmake.in
@@ -39,3 +39,5 @@ if(_pkgconfig_failed)
 else()
    set (EOLIAN_EO_DIR ${_pkgconfig_invoke_result})
 endif()
+
+include(${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/EolianHelper.cmake)
diff --git a/cmakeconfig/EolianHelper.cmake b/cmakeconfig/EolianHelper.cmake
index 9b0397327e..56eca6ffc8 100644
--- a/cmakeconfig/EolianHelper.cmake
+++ b/cmakeconfig/EolianHelper.cmake
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-find_package(Eolian 1.16 REQUIRED)
 # macro to create a eolian generated c source file
 #
 # macro adds a generate rule, which depends on the original file the rule will output file.x