diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index 6ccf832e1d..c02d0c876a 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -127,11 +127,6 @@ if hasArg --pydevelop; then
     PYTHON_ARGS_FOR_INSTALL="${PYTHON_ARGS_FOR_INSTALL} -e"
 fi
 
-# Append `-DFIND_KVIKIO_CPP=ON` to EXTRA_CMAKE_ARGS unless a user specified the option.
-if [[ "${EXTRA_CMAKE_ARGS}" != *"DFIND_KVIKIO_CPP"* ]]; then
-    EXTRA_CMAKE_ARGS="${EXTRA_CMAKE_ARGS} -DFIND_KVIKIO_CPP=ON"
-fi
-
 # If clean given, run it prior to any other steps
 if hasArg clean; then
     # If the dirs to clean are mounted dirs in a container, the
diff --git a/ci/build_wheel_python.sh b/ci/build_wheel_python.sh
index 4f50a1e376..a75ef5b08b 100755
--- a/ci/build_wheel_python.sh
+++ b/ci/build_wheel_python.sh
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ cd "${package_dir}"
 echo "libkvikio-${RAPIDS_PY_CUDA_SUFFIX} @ file://$(echo ${CPP_WHEELHOUSE}/libkvikio_*.whl)" > ./constraints.txt
 
 PIP_CONSTRAINT="${PWD}/constraints.txt" \
-SKBUILD_CMAKE_ARGS="-DFIND_KVIKIO_CPP=ON" \
     python -m pip wheel . -w dist -vvv --no-deps --disable-pip-version-check
 
 mkdir -p final_dist
diff --git a/python/kvikio/CMakeLists.txt b/python/kvikio/CMakeLists.txt
index 2121da90f2..2b9278fcd1 100644
--- a/python/kvikio/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/python/kvikio/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -26,33 +26,20 @@ project(
   LANGUAGES CXX CUDA
 )
 
-option(FIND_KVIKIO_CPP
-       "Search for existing KVIKIO C++ installations before defaulting to local files" OFF
-)
-
 # TODO: Should we symlink FindcuFile.cmake into python/cmake? find cuFile
 include(../../cpp/cmake/Modules/FindcuFile.cmake)
 
-if(FIND_KVIKIO_CPP)
-  find_package(KvikIO REQUIRED "${RAPIDS_VERSION}")
-else()
-  set(KvikIO_FOUND OFF)
-endif()
+find_package(KvikIO REQUIRED "${RAPIDS_VERSION}")
 
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 
-set(cython_lib_dir kvikio)
-
-if(NOT KvikIO_FOUND)
-  add_subdirectory(../../cpp kvikio-cpp)
-  install(TARGETS kvikio DESTINATION ${cython_lib_dir})
-endif()
-
 include(rapids-cython-core)
 rapids_cython_init()
 
 add_subdirectory(cmake)
 
+set(cython_lib_dir kvikio)
+
 # It would be better to factor nvcomp out into its own wheel. Until that is available, we vendor it
 # here.
 install_aliased_imported_targets(