diff --git a/src/asl/CMakeLists.txt b/src/asl/CMakeLists.txt
index b1a15ab..79e1d5f 100644
--- a/src/asl/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/asl/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ endif ()
 
 target_link_libraries(aslmp ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS})
 
-find_package(MATLAB)
+set(MATLAB_FOUND)
 if (MATLAB_FOUND AND MATLAB_BUILD)
   set(matlab_asl asl)
   if (MSVC)