diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 924baad8448d96d277833f97262fc0b92c0133a3..fe859582faa995cff49c742fec3cfdc482f5e690 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -280,9 +280,6 @@ modernize_target_link_libraries(
   ${PYTHON_INCLUDE_DIR})
 
 if(BUILD_WITH_CHOLMOD_SUPPORT)
-  if(TARGET CHOLMOD::CHOLMOD)
-    message(STATUS "CHOLMOD_FOUND: ${CHOLMOD_FOUND}")
-  endif()
   modernize_target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} SCOPE PUBLIC TARGETS
                                   CHOLMOD::CHOLMOD)
 endif(BUILD_WITH_CHOLMOD_SUPPORT)