diff --git a/awesomeConfig.cmake b/awesomeConfig.cmake
index 7623b951..55448a0b 100644
--- a/awesomeConfig.cmake
+++ b/awesomeConfig.cmake
@@ -159,13 +159,6 @@ set(AWESOME_DEPENDENCIES
 )
 pkg_check_modules(AWESOME_REQUIRED REQUIRED ${AWESOME_DEPENDENCIES})
 
-macro(a_find_library variable library)
-    find_library(${variable} ${library})
-    if(NOT ${variable})
-        message(FATAL_ERROR ${library} " library not found.")
-    endif()
-endmacro()
-
 # Check for backtrace_symbols()
 include(CheckFunctionExists)
 check_function_exists(backtrace_symbols HAS_EXECINFO)