diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 8e49c19e..460e9b1a 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -292,20 +292,18 @@ if (SUITESPARSE)
   # built with SuiteSparse support.
 
   # Check for SuiteSparse and dependencies.
-  find_package(SuiteSparse 4.5.6 COMPONENTS CHOLMOD SPQR
-    OPTIONAL_COMPONENTS Partition)
+  find_package(CHOLMOD REQUIRED)
+  find_package(SPQR REQUIRED)
+  set(SuiteSparse_FOUND TRUE)
+  set(SuiteSparse_Partition_FOUND TRUE)
+  set(SuiteSparse_VERSION ${SUITESPARSE_CONFIG_VERSION})
   if (SuiteSparse_FOUND)
-    set(SuiteSparse_DEPENDENCY "find_dependency(SuiteSparse ${SuiteSparse_VERSION})")
+    set(SuiteSparse_DEPENDENCY "find_dependency(CHOLMOD)
+                                find_dependency(SPQR)")
     # By default, if all of SuiteSparse's dependencies are found, Ceres is
     # built with SuiteSparse support.
     message("-- Found SuiteSparse ${SuiteSparse_VERSION}, "
             "building with SuiteSparse.")
-
-    if (SuiteSparse_NO_CMAKE OR NOT SuiteSparse_DIR)
-      install(FILES ${Ceres_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/FindSuiteSparse.cmake
-                    ${Ceres_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/FindMETIS.cmake
-              DESTINATION ${RELATIVE_CMAKECONFIG_INSTALL_DIR})
-    endif (SuiteSparse_NO_CMAKE OR NOT SuiteSparse_DIR)
   else (SuiteSparse_FOUND)
     # Disable use of SuiteSparse if it cannot be found and continue.
     message("-- Did not find all SuiteSparse dependencies, disabling "
diff --git a/internal/ceres/CMakeLists.txt b/internal/ceres/CMakeLists.txt
index f9fc2415..f457c90c 100644
--- a/internal/ceres/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/internal/ceres/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -102,10 +102,6 @@ if (SUITESPARSE AND SuiteSparse_FOUND)
   add_definitions(-DCERES_SUITESPARSE_VERSION="${SuiteSparse_VERSION}")
   list(APPEND CERES_LIBRARY_PRIVATE_DEPENDENCIES SuiteSparse::CHOLMOD
     SuiteSparse::SPQR)
-
-  if (SuiteSparse_Partition_FOUND)
-    list(APPEND CERES_LIBRARY_PRIVATE_DEPENDENCIES SuiteSparse::Partition)
-  endif (SuiteSparse_Partition_FOUND)
 endif (SUITESPARSE AND SuiteSparse_FOUND)
 
 if (SuiteSparse_Partition_FOUND OR EIGENMETIS)