diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 3efd57bc9dcd626bcf23817c35b9b4829f45c95f..3274ee31fe63d278dde0f2d2aeda2bda7ad5c3aa 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -149,7 +149,6 @@ find_python_module(argparse_color_formatter REQUIRED)
 find_python_module(primefac     REQUIRED)
 find_python_module(graph_tool   REQUIRED)
 find_python_module(pyfftw       REQUIRED)
-find_python_module(matplotlib REQUIRED)
 find_python_module(backports.weakref REQUIRED) # python-backports.weakref
 #find_python_module(backports.functools-lru-cache REQUIRED) # python-backports.functools-lru-cache