diff --git a/Builds/CMake/CMakeFuncs.cmake b/Builds/CMake/CMakeFuncs.cmake
index fe51b3e320a..fb60fd9b4eb 100644
--- a/Builds/CMake/CMakeFuncs.cmake
+++ b/Builds/CMake/CMakeFuncs.cmake
@@ -18,10 +18,8 @@ macro(group_sources curdir)
 endmacro()
 
 macro (exclude_from_default target_)
-  if(target_)
-    set_target_properties (${target_} PROPERTIES EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL ON)
-    set_target_properties (${target_} PROPERTIES EXCLUDE_FROM_DEFAULT_BUILD ON)
-  endif()
+  set_target_properties (${target_} PROPERTIES EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL ON)
+  set_target_properties (${target_} PROPERTIES EXCLUDE_FROM_DEFAULT_BUILD ON)
 endmacro ()
 
 macro (exclude_if_included target_)
diff --git a/Builds/CMake/RippledRelease.cmake b/Builds/CMake/RippledRelease.cmake
index 0e712d8a566..a0ad3696572 100644
--- a/Builds/CMake/RippledRelease.cmake
+++ b/Builds/CMake/RippledRelease.cmake
@@ -2,12 +2,6 @@
    package/container targets - (optional)
 #]===================================================================]
 
-# Early return if the `containers` directory is missing,
-# e.g. when we are building a Conan package.
-if(NOT EXISTS containers)
-  return()
-endif()
-
 if (is_root_project)
   if (NOT DOCKER)
     find_program (DOCKER docker)