diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 7efaa6c97..52951f7f5 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ ENDIF()
 
 # Determine if DOXYGEN and DOT are available.  These will be used
 # when building the documentation.
-FIND_PROGRAM(NC_DOXYGEN NAMES doxygen)
+#FIND_PROGRAM(NC_DOXYGEN NAMES doxygen)
+FIND_PACKAGE(Doxygen)
 FIND_PROGRAM(NC_DOT NAMES dot)
 
 # For CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR
@@ -329,7 +330,7 @@ MACRO(print_conf_summary)
     MESSAGE("")
   ENDIF()
 
-  MESSAGE("Tests Enabled:     ${ENABLE_TESTS}")
+  MESSAGE("Tests Enabled:              ${ENABLE_TESTS}")
   IF(ENABLE_TESTS)
     MESSAGE(STATUS "DAP Remote Tests:  ${ENABLE_DAP_REMOTE_TESTS}")
     MESSAGE(STATUS "DAP AUTH Tests:    ${ENABLE_DAP_AUTH_TESTS}")
@@ -892,9 +893,7 @@ ENDIF()
 # Determine whether or not to generate documentation.
 OPTION(ENABLE_DOXYGEN "Enable generation of doxygen." OFF)
 IF(ENABLE_DOXYGEN)
-  IF(NC_DOXYGEN)
-    SET(BUILD_DOCS ON CACHE BOOL "")
-
+  IF(DOXYGEN_FOUND)
     # Offer the option to build internal documentation.
     OPTION(ENABLE_INTERNAL_DOCS "Build internal documentation. This is of interest to developers only." OFF)
     IF(ENABLE_INTERNAL_DOCS)
@@ -902,14 +901,14 @@ IF(ENABLE_DOXYGEN)
     ELSE()
       SET(BUILD_INTERNAL_DOCS NO CACHE STRING "")
     ENDIF()
-
+    
     # Option to turn on the TODO list in the doxygen-generated documentation.
     OPTION(ENABLE_DOXYGEN_TASKS "Turn on test, todo, bug lists in documentation. This is of interest to developers only." OFF)
     IF(ENABLE_DOXYGEN_TASKS)
       SET(SHOW_DOXYGEN_TAG_LIST YES CACHE STRING "")
-    ELSE()
+    ELSE(ENABLE_DOXYGEN_TASKS)
       SET(SHOW_DOXYGEN_TODO_LIST NO CACHE STRING "")
-    ENDIF()
+    ENDIF(ENABLE_DOXYGEN_TASKS)
 
     # Specify whether or not 'dot' was found on the system path.
     IF(NC_DOT)
@@ -918,9 +917,10 @@ IF(ENABLE_DOXYGEN)
       SET(HAVE_DOT NO CACHE_STRING "")
     ENDIF(NC_DOT)
 
-  ELSE(NC_DOXYGEN)
+  ELSE(DOXYGEN_FOUND)
     MESSAGE(STATUS "Unable to build internal documentation.  Doxygen does not appear to be on your executable path. Install doxygen and configure the project again.")
-  ENDIF(NC_DOXYGEN)
+    SET(ENABLE_DOXYGEN=OFF)
+  ENDIF(DOXYGEN_FOUND)
 ENDIF()
 
 # By default, MSVC has a stack size of 1000000.
diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES.md b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
index c49e793b8..30dbe44f7 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES.md
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES.md
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ This file contains a high-level description of this package's evolution. Release
 
 ### 4.3.3-rc1 Released TBD
 
+* Removed redundant variable `BUILD_DOCS` from the CMake configuration file.  See the issue at github: [BUILD\_DOCS, ENABLE\_DOXYGEN](https://github.com/Unidata/netcdf-c/issues/59).
+
 * Added missing documentation templates to `man4/Makefile.am`, to correct an issue when trying to build the local `Doxygen`-generated documentation. This issue was reported by Nico Schlömer and may be viewed on github.  [Releases miss Doxygen files #56](https://github.com/Unidata/netcdf-c/issues/56)
 
 * When the NC_MPIPOSIX flag is given for parallel I/O access and the HDF5 library does not have the MPI-POSIX VFD configured in, the NC_MPIPOSIX flag is transparently aliased to the NC_MPIIO flag within the netCDF-4 library.
diff --git a/man4/CMakeLists.txt b/man4/CMakeLists.txt
index 205ac99bb..460ac4a47 100644
--- a/man4/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/man4/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,63 +6,64 @@ INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(".")
 #####
 # Build doxygen documentation, if need be.
 #####
-IF(BUILD_DOCS)
-  FIND_PACKAGE(Doxygen)
-  IF(DOXYGEN_FOUND)
-    FILE(GLOB COPY_FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/*.html ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/images ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/*.doc ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/*.xml ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/*.m4 ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/*.texi)
-    FILE(COPY ${COPY_FILES} DESTINATION ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/)
-    # Copy the image files used by markdown documentation 
-    # manually.
-    FILE(GLOB IMG_FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/images/*.jpg ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/images/*.png)
-    
-    # Set abs_top_srcdir to work with the autotools
-    # doxyfile template.
-    SET(abs_top_srcdir ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR})
-    SET(abs_builddir ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})
-    # Create general and guide doxyfiles.
-    CONFIGURE_FILE(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/Doxyfile.in
-      ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/Doxyfile @ONLY)
-    CONFIGURE_FILE(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/Doxyfile.guide.in
-      ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/Doxyfile.guide @ONLY)
-    CONFIGURE_FILE(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/Doxyfile.tutorial.in
-      ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/Doxyfile.tutorial @ONLY)
+IF(ENABLE_DOXYGEN)
+  # The following is redundant but does not hurt anything.  
 
-    # We need to loop through twice. First to generate tags.
-    ADD_CUSTOM_TARGET(all_doc_tags ALL
-      ${DOXYGEN_EXECUTABLE} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/Doxyfile
-      WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}
-      COMMENT "Generating API Tags" VERBATIM
-      )
-    ADD_CUSTOM_TARGET(all_doc_tags_guide ALL
-      ${DOXYGEN_EXECUTABLE} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/Doxyfile.guide
-      WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}
-      COMMENT "Generating Guide Tags" VERBATIM
-      )
-    ADD_CUSTOM_TARGET(all_doc_tags_tutorial ALL
-      ${DOXYGEN_EXECUTABLE} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/Doxyfile.tutorial
-      WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}
-      COMMENT "Generating Tutorial Tags" VERBATIM
-      )
+  FILE(GLOB COPY_FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/*.html ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/images ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/*.doc ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/*.xml ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/*.m4 ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/*.texi)
+  FILE(COPY ${COPY_FILES} DESTINATION ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/)
+  
+  # Copy the image files used by markdown documentation 
+  # manually.
+  FILE(GLOB IMG_FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/images/*.jpg ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/images/*.png)
+  
+  # Set abs_top_srcdir to work with the autotools
+  # doxyfile template.
+  SET(abs_top_srcdir ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR})
+  SET(abs_builddir ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})
+  # Create general and guide doxyfiles.
+  CONFIGURE_FILE(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/Doxyfile.in
+    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/Doxyfile @ONLY)
+  CONFIGURE_FILE(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/Doxyfile.guide.in
+    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/Doxyfile.guide @ONLY)
+  CONFIGURE_FILE(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/Doxyfile.tutorial.in
+    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/Doxyfile.tutorial @ONLY)
+  
+  # We need to loop through twice. First to generate tags.
+  ADD_CUSTOM_TARGET(all_doc_tags ALL
+    ${DOXYGEN_EXECUTABLE} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/Doxyfile
+    WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}
+    COMMENT "Generating API Tags" VERBATIM
+    )
+  ADD_CUSTOM_TARGET(all_doc_tags_guide ALL
+    ${DOXYGEN_EXECUTABLE} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/Doxyfile.guide
+    WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}
+    COMMENT "Generating Guide Tags" VERBATIM
+    )
+  ADD_CUSTOM_TARGET(all_doc_tags_tutorial ALL
+    ${DOXYGEN_EXECUTABLE} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/Doxyfile.tutorial
+    WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}
+    COMMENT "Generating Tutorial Tags" VERBATIM
+    )
+  
+  # Second, generate documentation that uses the tags.
+  ADD_CUSTOM_TARGET(doc_all ALL
+    ${DOXYGEN_EXECUTABLE} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/Doxyfile
+    WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}
+    COMMENT "Generating API Documentation" VERBATIM
+    )
+  ADD_CUSTOM_TARGET(doc_guide ALL
+    ${DOXYGEN_EXECUTABLE} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/Doxyfile.guide
+    WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}
+    COMMENT "Generating NetCDF Users Guide" VERBATIM
+    )
+  ADD_CUSTOM_TARGET(doc_tutorial ALL
+    ${DOXYGEN_EXECUTABLE} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/Doxyfile.tutorial
+    WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}
+    COMMENT "Generating Tutorial Tags" VERBATIM
+    )
 
-    # Second, generate documentation that uses the tags.
-    ADD_CUSTOM_TARGET(doc_all ALL
-      ${DOXYGEN_EXECUTABLE} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/Doxyfile
-      WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}
-      COMMENT "Generating API Documentation" VERBATIM
-      )
-    ADD_CUSTOM_TARGET(doc_guide ALL
-      ${DOXYGEN_EXECUTABLE} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/Doxyfile.guide
-      WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}
-      COMMENT "Generating NetCDF Users Guide" VERBATIM
-      )
-    ADD_CUSTOM_TARGET(doc_tutorial ALL
-      ${DOXYGEN_EXECUTABLE} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/Doxyfile.tutorial
-      WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}
-      COMMENT "Generating Tutorial Tags" VERBATIM
-      )
-
-    FILE(COPY ${IMG_FILES} DESTINATION ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/html)		
-  ENDIF()
+  FILE(COPY ${IMG_FILES} DESTINATION ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/html)		
+  
 ENDIF()
 
 SET(CUR_EXTRA_DIST ${CUR_EXTRA_DIST} CMakeLists.txt Makefile.am netcdf.m4 DoxygenLayout.xml Doxyfile.in Doxyfile.guide.in footer.html mainpage.dox tutorial.dox install.dox dispatch.dox guide.dox types.dox notes.dox cdl.dox architecture.dox internal.dox install-fortran.dox Doxyfile.in.cmake windows-binaries.md building-with-cmake.md)