diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 02e20e593c..f23c9920f9 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ include(WriteBasicConfigVersionFile)
 include(GenerateExportHeader)
 
 # where to look first for cmake modules, before ${CMAKE_ROOT}/Modules/ is checked
-set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH} ${ECM_MODULE_PATH} ${ECM_KDE_MODULE_DIR})
+set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH} ${ECM_MODULE_PATH} )
 
 find_package(Qt5 ${QT_MIN_VERSION} CONFIG REQUIRED COMPONENTS
     Concurrent