diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 7afcd137..085ba0ca 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -43,9 +43,9 @@ endif()
 
 if (BUILD_TESTING AND CATCH_BUILD_TESTING AND NOT_SUBPROJECT)
     find_package(Python3 COMPONENTS Interpreter)
-    if (NOT PYTHONINTERP_FOUND)
-        message(FATAL_ERROR "Python not found, but required for tests")
-    endif()
+#    if (NOT PYTHONINTERP_FOUND)
+#        message(FATAL_ERROR "Python not found, but required for tests")
+#    endif()
     add_subdirectory(projects)
 endif()