diff --git a/cmake/modules/FindNL.cmake b/cmake/modules/FindNL.cmake
index 5b12a15319..d4f003e886 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/FindNL.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/FindNL.cmake
@@ -132,11 +132,7 @@ INCLUDE(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
 FIND_PACKAGE_HANDLE_STANDARD_ARGS(NL DEFAULT_MSG NL_LIBRARY NL_INCLUDE_DIR)
 
 IF(NL_FOUND)
-  if(HAVE_LIBNL3)
-    set(NL_LIBRARIES ${NLGENL_LIBRARY} ${NLROUTE_LIBRARY} ${NL_LIBRARY})
-  else()
-    set(NL_LIBRARIES ${NL_LIBRARY})
-  endif()
+  set(NL_LIBRARIES ${NLGENL_LIBRARY} ${NLROUTE_LIBRARY} ${NL_LIBRARY})
   set(NL_INCLUDE_DIRS ${NL_INCLUDE_DIR})
   set(HAVE_LIBNL 1)
 else()