diff --git a/cmake/modules/FindOpenVDB.cmake b/cmake/modules/FindOpenVDB.cmake
index 4fde5fa4a75..b62813fa663 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/FindOpenVDB.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/FindOpenVDB.cmake
@@ -347,25 +347,6 @@ macro(just_fail msg)
   return()
 endmacro()
 
-find_package(IlmBase QUIET)
-if(NOT IlmBase_FOUND)
-  pkg_check_modules(IlmBase QUIET IlmBase)
-endif()
-if (IlmBase_FOUND AND NOT TARGET IlmBase::Half)
-  message(STATUS "Falling back to IlmBase found by pkg-config...")
-
-  find_library(IlmHalf_LIBRARY NAMES Half)
-  if(IlmHalf_LIBRARY-NOTFOUND OR NOT IlmBase_INCLUDE_DIRS)
-    just_fail("IlmBase::Half can not be found!")
-  endif()
-  
-  add_library(IlmBase::Half UNKNOWN IMPORTED)
-  set_target_properties(IlmBase::Half PROPERTIES
-    IMPORTED_LOCATION "${IlmHalf_LIBRARY}"
-    INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES "${IlmBase_INCLUDE_DIRS}")
-elseif(NOT IlmBase_FOUND)
-  just_fail("IlmBase::Half can not be found!")
-endif()
 find_package(TBB ${_quiet} ${_required} COMPONENTS tbb)
 find_package(ZLIB ${_quiet} ${_required})
 find_package(Boost ${_quiet} ${_required} COMPONENTS iostreams system )
@@ -471,7 +452,6 @@ endif()
 set(_OPENVDB_VISIBLE_DEPENDENCIES
   Boost::iostreams
   Boost::system
-  IlmBase::Half
 )
 
 set(_OPENVDB_DEFINITIONS)