diff --git a/core/cmake/BareosFindAllLibraries.cmake b/core/cmake/BareosFindAllLibraries.cmake
index f09e7f99b2e..6f38d03bb65 100644
--- a/core/cmake/BareosFindAllLibraries.cmake
+++ b/core/cmake/BareosFindAllLibraries.cmake
@@ -37,48 +37,8 @@ elseif(${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "SunOS")
   set(Python3_FOUND 0)
 
 else()
-  if(${CMAKE_VERSION} VERSION_LESS "3.12.0")
-    message(STATUS "CMake too old for FindPython2/3, using FindPythonInterp")
-    set(Python2_FOUND FALSE)
-    set(Python3_FOUND FALSE)
-    set(Python_ADDITIONAL_VERSIONS 2.6 2.7)
-    find_package(PythonInterp)
-    find_package(PythonLibs)
-    message(STATUS "Found PYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR" ${PYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR})
-    if(PYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR EQUAL 2)
-      set(Python2_FOUND ${PYTHONLIBS_FOUND})
-      set(Python2_LIBRARIES ${PYTHON_LIBRARIES})
-      set(Python2_INCLUDE_DIRS ${PYTHON_INCLUDE_DIRS})
-      set(Python2_EXECUTABLE ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE})
-
-    elseif(PYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR EQUAL 3)
-      set(Python3_FOUND ${PYTHONLIBS_FOUND})
-      set(Python3_LIBRARIES ${PYTHON_LIBRARIES})
-      set(Python3_INCLUDE_DIRS ${PYTHON_INCLUDE_DIRS})
-      set(Python3_EXECUTABLE ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE})
-    endif()
-
-    set(Python_ADDITIONAL_VERSIONS 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9)
-    find_package(PythonInterp)
-    find_package(PythonLibs)
-    message(STATUS "Found PYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR" ${PYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR})
-
-    if(PYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR EQUAL 2)
-      set(Python2_FOUND ${PYTHONLIBS_FOUND})
-      set(Python2_LIBRARIES ${PYTHON_LIBRARIES})
-      set(Python2_INCLUDE_DIRS ${PYTHON_INCLUDE_DIRS})
-      set(Python2_EXECUTABLE ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE})
-    elseif(PYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR EQUAL 3)
-      set(Python3_FOUND ${PYTHONLIBS_FOUND})
-      set(Python3_LIBRARIES ${PYTHON_LIBRARIES})
-      set(Python3_INCLUDE_DIRS ${PYTHON_INCLUDE_DIRS})
-      set(Python3_EXECUTABLE ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE})
-    endif()
-
-  else()
-    find_package(Python2 COMPONENTS Interpreter Development)
-    find_package(Python3 COMPONENTS Interpreter Development)
-  endif()
+  find_package(Python2 COMPONENTS Interpreter Development)
+  find_package(Python3 COMPONENTS Interpreter Development)
 
   if(${Python2_FOUND} OR ${Python3_FOUND})
     set(HAVE_PYTHON 1)