diff --git a/cmake/DD4hepBuild.cmake b/cmake/DD4hepBuild.cmake
index 68536e5a8..bcd3407f7 100644
--- a/cmake/DD4hepBuild.cmake
+++ b/cmake/DD4hepBuild.cmake
@@ -828,7 +828,7 @@ MACRO(DD4HEP_SETUP_GEANT4_TARGETS)
       dd4hep_debug("Using Geant4 internal CLHEP")
       if(TARGET CLHEP::CLHEP)
         message(WARNING "CLHEP::CLHEP already exists, this may cause problems if there are two different installations of CLHEP, one from Geant4 and one external")
-      elseif(NOT TARGET CLHEP::CLHEP)
+      else()
         ADD_LIBRARY(CLHEP::CLHEP INTERFACE IMPORTED GLOBAL)
       endif()
       SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(CLHEP::CLHEP