diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 825742012..415883799 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -275,13 +275,9 @@ endif()
 
 find_package(PkgConfig REQUIRED)
 find_package(Python 3.0 REQUIRED COMPONENTS Interpreter)
-pkg_check_modules(XXHASH libxxhash>=0.8.0 QUIET)
 
-if (NOT XXHASH_FOUND)
-  message(STATUS "xxHash not found. Using Externals")
-  add_subdirectory(External/xxhash/)
-  include_directories(External/xxhash/)
-endif()
+add_subdirectory(External/xxhash/)
+include_directories(External/xxhash/)
 
 add_definitions(-Wno-trigraphs)
 add_definitions(-DGLOBAL_DATA_DIRECTORY="${DATA_DIRECTORY}/")