diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 5cbdd40330..b585de9c5b 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -77,29 +77,9 @@ if(ENABLE_OC AND CMAKE_SIZEOF_VOID_P EQUAL 8 AND NOT WIN32)
       list(APPEND EOSIO_WASM_RUNTIMES eos-vm-oc)
       # EOS VM OC requires LLVM, but move the check up here to a central location so that the EosioTester.cmakes
       # can be created with the exact version found
-      # find_package VERSION range is only available in 3.19 and newer.
-      if(${CMAKE_VERSION} VERSION_LESS "3.19")
-         find_package(LLVM REQUIRED CONFIG)
-      else()
-         # Preferring the latest LLVM version, search through major 11..7 and minor 9..0 in reverse order.
-         # Minor versions may break API. This manifests in the LLVM config files such that a range of `11...<12`
-         # will NOT find LLVM `11.1`. We loop over minor as well as major to resolve this.
-         set(max_minor 9)
-         set(major 11)
-         set(minor ${max_minor})
-         while(NOT LLVM_FOUND AND major GREATER_EQUAL 7)
-            math(EXPR end "${major} + 1")
-            find_package(LLVM ${major}.${minor}...<${end} CONFIG QUIET)
-            if(minor GREATER 0)
-               math(EXPR minor "${minor} - 1")
-            else()
-               math(EXPR major "${major} - 1")
-               set(minor ${max_minor})
-            endif()
-         endwhile()
-      endif()
+      find_package(LLVM REQUIRED CONFIG)
       if(LLVM_VERSION_MAJOR VERSION_LESS 7 OR LLVM_VERSION_MAJOR VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL 12)
-         message(FATAL_ERROR "Leap requires an LLVM version 7 through 11")
+	      message(FATAL_ERROR "Leap requires an LLVM version 7 through 11")
       endif()
    endif()
 endif()
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 660155da8f..436cc0b7c6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -146,11 +146,9 @@ To build, make sure you are in the root of the `leap` repo, then run the followi
 ```bash
 mkdir -p build
 cd build
-cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release ..
+cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=/usr/lib/llvm-11 ..
 make -j "$(nproc)" package
 ```
-
-If CMake fails to find a valid llvm configure file, it may be necessary to add `-DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=/usr/lib/llvm-11` to the cmake command.
 </details>
 
 <details> <summary>Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic</summary>