diff --git a/config/cmake/HDF5PluginCache.cmake b/config/cmake/HDF5PluginCache.cmake
index 99ea4b25e24..2b9e48c26f7 100644
--- a/config/cmake/HDF5PluginCache.cmake
+++ b/config/cmake/HDF5PluginCache.cmake
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 set (H5PL_BUILD_TESTING ON CACHE BOOL "Enable h5pl testing" FORCE)
 set (BUILD_EXAMPLES ON CACHE BOOL "Build h5pl Examples" FORCE)
 
-set (HDF5_PACKAGE_NAME "hdf5" CACHE STRING "Name of HDF5 package" FORCE)
 set (HDF5_HDF5_HEADER "h5pubconf.h" CACHE STRING "Name of HDF5 header" FORCE)
 set (HDF5_LINK_LIBS ${HDF5_LIBSH_TARGET} CACHE STRING "hdf5 target" FORCE)
 #set (HDF5_INCLUDE_DIR $<TARGET_PROPERTY:${HDF5_LIBSH_TARGET},INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES> CACHE PATH "hdf5 include dirs" FORCE)