diff --git a/CMakeInstallation.cmake b/CMakeInstallation.cmake
index 8dcaf85d7c..6817d5c204 100644
--- a/CMakeInstallation.cmake
+++ b/CMakeInstallation.cmake
@@ -74,21 +74,6 @@ configure_package_config_file (
INSTALL_PREFIX "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}"
)
-#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Configure the FindHDF5.cmake file for the install directory
-#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-if (NOT HDF5_EXTERNALLY_CONFIGURED)
- configure_file (
- ${HDF_RESOURCES_DIR}/FindHDF5.cmake.in
- ${HDF5_BINARY_DIR}${CMAKE_FILES_DIRECTORY}/FindHDF5${HDF_PACKAGE_EXT}.cmake @ONLY
- )
- install (
- FILES ${HDF5_BINARY_DIR}${CMAKE_FILES_DIRECTORY}/FindHDF5${HDF_PACKAGE_EXT}.cmake
- DESTINATION ${HDF5_INSTALL_CMAKE_DIR}
- COMPONENT configinstall
- )
-endif (NOT HDF5_EXTERNALLY_CONFIGURED)
-
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Configure the hdf5-config.cmake file for the install directory
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/MANIFEST b/MANIFEST
index fb454c5fdf..98ecdb5839 100644
--- a/MANIFEST
+++ b/MANIFEST
@@ -2840,7 +2840,6 @@
./config/cmake/ConfigureChecks.cmake
./config/cmake/CPack.Info.plist.in
./config/cmake/CTestCustom.cmake
-./config/cmake/FindHDF5.cmake.in
./config/cmake/FindHDFJAVA.cmake.in
./config/cmake/FindJNI.cmake
./config/cmake/H5cxx_config.h.in
diff --git a/config/cmake/FindHDF5.cmake.in b/config/cmake/FindHDF5.cmake.in
deleted file mode 100644
index fbc49f189d..0000000000
--- a/config/cmake/FindHDF5.cmake.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,86 +0,0 @@
-#
-# To be used by projects that make use of Cmakeified hdf5-@HDF5_PACKAGE_VERSION@
-#
-
-#
-# Find the HDF5 includes and get all installed hdf5 library settings from
-# HDF5-config.cmake file : Requires a CMake compatible hdf5-1.8.5 or later
-# for this feature to work. The following vars are set if hdf5 is found.
-#
-# HDF5_FOUND - True if found, otherwise all other vars are undefined
-# HDF5_INCLUDE_DIR - The include dir for main *.h files
-# HDF5_FORTRAN_INCLUDE_DIR - The include dir for fortran modules and headers
-# HDF5_VERSION_STRING - full version (e.g. @HDF5_PACKAGE_VERSION@)
-# HDF5_VERSION_MAJOR - major part of version (e.g. @HDF5_PACKAGE_VERSION_MAJOR@)
-# HDF5_VERSION_MINOR - minor part (e.g. @HDF5_PACKAGE_VERSION_MINOR@)
-#
-# The following boolean vars will be defined
-# HDF5_ENABLE_PARALLEL - 1 if HDF5 parallel supported
-# HDF5_BUILD_FORTRAN - 1 if HDF5 was compiled with fortran on
-# HDF5_BUILD_CPP_LIB - 1 if HDF5 was compiled with cpp on
-# HDF5_BUILD_TOOLS - 1 if HDF5 was compiled with tools on
-# HDF5_BUILD_HL_LIB - 1 if HDF5 was compiled with high level on
-# HDF5_BUILD_HL_CPP_LIB - 1 if HDF5 was compiled with high level and cpp on
-#
-# Target names that are valid (depending on enabled options)
-# will be the following
-#
-# hdf5 : HDF5 C library
-# hdf5_tools : the tools library
-# hdf5_f90cstub : used by Fortran to C interface
-# hdf5_fortran : Fortran HDF5 library
-# hdf5_cpp : HDF5 cpp interface library
-# hdf5_hl : High Level library
-# hdf5_hl_f90cstub : used by Fortran to C interface to High Level library
-# hdf5_hl_fortran : Fortran High Level library
-# hdf5_hl_cpp : High Level cpp interface library
-#
-# To aid in finding HDF5 as part of a subproject set
-# HDF5_ROOT_DIR_HINT to the location where @HDF5_PACKAGE@@HDF_PACKAGE_EXT@-config.cmake lies
-
-include (SelectLibraryConfigurations)
-include (FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
-
-# The HINTS option should only be used for values computed from the system.
-set (_HDF5_HINTS
- $ENV{HOME}/.local
- $ENV{HDF5_ROOT}
- $ENV{HDF5_ROOT_DIR_HINT}
-)
-# Hard-coded guesses should still go in PATHS. This ensures that the user
-# environment can always override hard guesses.
-set (_HDF5_PATHS
- $ENV{HOME}/.local
- $ENV{HDF5_ROOT}
- $ENV{HDF5_ROOT_DIR_HINT}
- /usr/lib/@HDF5_PACKAGE@
- /usr/share/@HDF5_PACKAGE@
- /usr/local/@HDF5_PACKAGE@
- /usr/local/@HDF5_PACKAGE@/share
-)
-
-FIND_PATH (HDF5_ROOT_DIR "@HDF5_PACKAGE@@HDF_PACKAGE_EXT@-config.cmake"
- HINTS ${_HDF5_HINTS}
- PATHS ${_HDF5_PATHS}
- PATH_SUFFIXES
- cmake/@HDF5_PACKAGE@
- lib/cmake/@HDF5_PACKAGE@
- share/cmake/@HDF5_PACKAGE@
-)
-
-FIND_PATH (HDF5_INCLUDE_DIRS "H5public.h"
- HINTS ${_HDF5_HINTS}
- PATHS ${_HDF5_PATHS}
- PATH_SUFFIXES
- include
- Include
-)
-
-# For backwards compatibility we set HDF5_INCLUDE_DIR to the value of
-# HDF5_INCLUDE_DIRS
-set ( HDF5_INCLUDE_DIR "${HDF5_INCLUDE_DIRS}" )
-
-if (HDF5_INCLUDE_DIR)
- set (HDF5_FOUND "YES")
- include (${HDF5_ROOT_DIR}/@HDF5_PACKAGE@@HDF_PACKAGE_EXT@-config.cmake)
-endif (HDF5_INCLUDE_DIR)