diff --git a/cmake/FindGKLIB.cmake b/cmake/FindGKLIB.cmake
index 1796cf6e3..b5d28e318 100644
--- a/cmake/FindGKLIB.cmake
+++ b/cmake/FindGKLIB.cmake
@@ -7,12 +7,13 @@ set_target_properties(GKLIB::GKLIB PROPERTIES
   IMPORTED_LOCATION "${gklib_lib}"
   INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES "${gklib_inc}")
 
-## Finalize find_package
 include(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
 
-find_package_handle_standard_args(
-    ${CMAKE_FIND_PACKAGE_NAME}
-    REQUIRED_VARS gklib_lib
-    gklib_inc)
-
-message(STATUS "Found GKLIB: ${gklib_lib}")
+if(gklib_inc MATCHES "NOTFOUND" OR gklib_lib MATCHES "NOTFOUND")
+  set(${CMAKE_FIND_PACKAGE_NAME}_FOUND False)
+else()
+  find_package_handle_standard_args(
+      ${CMAKE_FIND_PACKAGE_NAME}
+      REQUIRED_VARS gklib_lib
+      gklib_inc)
+endif()
diff --git a/cmake/FindMETIS.cmake b/cmake/FindMETIS.cmake
index 9f7f423f1..fdc464494 100644
--- a/cmake/FindMETIS.cmake
+++ b/cmake/FindMETIS.cmake
@@ -1,15 +1,19 @@
 find_library(metis_lib NAMES libmetis.a libmetis.so libmetis.dylib HINTS ENV METIS_PATH PATH_SUFFIXES lib)
 find_path(metis_inc metis.h HINTS ENV METIS_PATH PATH_SUFFIXES include)
 
-find_package(GKLIB REQUIRED)
-
 add_library(METIS::METIS STATIC IMPORTED)
 
 set_target_properties(METIS::METIS PROPERTIES
   IMPORTED_LOCATION "${metis_lib}"
   INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES "${metis_inc}")
 
-target_link_libraries(METIS::METIS INTERFACE GKLIB::GKLIB)
+find_package(GKLIB)
+if(NOT GKLIB_FOUND)
+  message(STATUS "GKLIB not found")
+  target_link_libraries(METIS::METIS)
+else()
+  target_link_libraries(METIS::METIS INTERFACE GKLIB::GKLIB)
+endif()
 
 ## Finalize find_package
 include(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
@@ -18,5 +22,3 @@ find_package_handle_standard_args(
     ${CMAKE_FIND_PACKAGE_NAME}
     REQUIRED_VARS metis_lib
     metis_inc)
-
-message(STATUS "Found METIS: ${metis_lib}")
diff --git a/cmake/FindParMETIS.cmake b/cmake/FindParMETIS.cmake
index d1b78b928..089c11cd5 100644
--- a/cmake/FindParMETIS.cmake
+++ b/cmake/FindParMETIS.cmake
@@ -18,5 +18,3 @@ find_package_handle_standard_args(
     ${CMAKE_FIND_PACKAGE_NAME}
     REQUIRED_VARS parmetis_lib
                   parmetis_inc)
-
-message(STATUS "Found ParMETIS: ${parmetis_lib}")