diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index b651f472..7123a570 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -240,13 +240,6 @@ if (SQLITECPP_INTERNAL_SQLITE)
     add_subdirectory(sqlite3)
     target_link_libraries(SQLiteCpp PUBLIC sqlite3)
 else (SQLITECPP_INTERNAL_SQLITE)
-    find_package (SQLite3 REQUIRED)
-    message(STATUS "Link to sqlite3 system library")
-    target_link_libraries(SQLiteCpp PUBLIC SQLite::SQLite3)
-    if(SQLite3_VERSION VERSION_LESS "3.19")
-        set_target_properties(SQLiteCpp PROPERTIES COMPILE_FLAGS "-DSQLITECPP_HAS_MEM_STRUCT")
-    endif()
-
     # When using the SQLite codec, we need to link against the sqlcipher lib & include <sqlcipher/sqlite3.h>
     # So this gets the lib & header, and links/includes everything
     if(SQLITE_HAS_CODEC)
@@ -284,6 +277,13 @@ else (SQLITECPP_INTERNAL_SQLITE)
             target_include_directories(SQLiteCpp PRIVATE "${sqlcipher_INCLUDE_DIR}/sqlcipher")
             target_link_libraries(SQLiteCpp PRIVATE ${sqlcipher_LIBRARY})
         endif()
+    else()
+        find_package (SQLite3 REQUIRED)
+        message(STATUS "Link to sqlite3 system library")
+        target_link_libraries(SQLiteCpp PUBLIC SQLite::SQLite3)
+        if(SQLite3_VERSION VERSION_LESS "3.19")
+            set_target_properties(SQLiteCpp PROPERTIES COMPILE_FLAGS "-DSQLITECPP_HAS_MEM_STRUCT")
+        endif()
     endif()
 endif (SQLITECPP_INTERNAL_SQLITE)