diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 33454a0b2..5f6840876 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ endif()
 add_definitions(${LLVM_DEFINITIONS})
 
 if (NOT PHASAR_IN_TREE)
-  find_library(LLVM_LIBRARY NAMES LLVM REQUIRED HINTS ${LLVM_LIBRARY_DIRS})
+  find_library(LLVM_LIBRARY NAMES LLVM HINTS ${LLVM_LIBRARY_DIRS})
   if(NOT ${LLVM_LIBRARY} STREQUAL "LLVM_LIBRARY-NOTFOUND")
     message(STATUS "Found consolidated shared LLVM lib " ${LLVM_LIBRARY} " that will be linked against.")
     set(USE_LLVM_FAT_LIB on)
diff --git a/Config.cmake.in b/Config.cmake.in
index b634e2c6e..2afcac669 100644
--- a/Config.cmake.in
+++ b/Config.cmake.in
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ function(phasar_config executable)
   find_package(LLVM 10 REQUIRED CONFIG)
   include_directories(${LLVM_INCLUDE_DIRS})
   link_directories(${LLVM_LIB_PATH} ${LLVM_LIBRARY_DIRS})
-  find_library(LLVM_LIBRARY NAMES LLVM REQUIRED HINTS ${LLVM_LIBRARY_DIRS})
+  find_library(LLVM_LIBRARY NAMES LLVM HINTS ${LLVM_LIBRARY_DIRS})
   if(NOT ${LLVM_LIBRARY} STREQUAL "LLVM_LIBRARY-NOTFOUND")
     llvm_config(${executable} USE_SHARED ${PHASAR_LLVM_DEPS})
   else()