diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f88a16c9fe..ea65c001d1 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -106,20 +106,6 @@ set_package_properties(KF5Wayland PROPERTIES
                       )
 add_feature_info("KF5Wayland" KF5Wayland_FOUND "Required for Wayland Compositor Information Module")
 
-if(${Qt5Gui_OPENGL_IMPLEMENTATION} STREQUAL "GL")
-    find_package(OpenGL)
-    set_package_properties(OpenGL PROPERTIES DESCRIPTION "The OpenGL libraries"
-                        URL "http://www.opengl.org"
-                        TYPE REQUIRED
-                        )
-else()
-    find_package(OpenGLES)
-    set_package_properties(OpenGLES PROPERTIES DESCRIPTION "The OpenGLES libraries"
-                        URL "http://www.khronos.org/opengles"
-                        TYPE REQUIRED
-                        )
-endif()
-
 find_package(EGL)
 set_package_properties(EGL PROPERTIES
                        TYPE RUNTIME
@@ -234,11 +220,11 @@ cmake_dependent_option(KWIN_BUILD_KAPPMENU "Build without appmenu support" ON "K
 
 set(KWIN_BUILD_OPENGL FALSE)
 set(KWIN_BUILD_OPENGLES FALSE)
-if(OPENGL_FOUND AND (${Qt5Gui_OPENGL_IMPLEMENTATION} STREQUAL "GL"))
+if(${Qt5Gui_OPENGL_IMPLEMENTATION} STREQUAL "GL")
     set(KWIN_BUILD_OPENGL TRUE)
     message("Building KWin with OpenGL support")
 endif()
-if(OPENGLES_FOUND AND (${Qt5Gui_OPENGL_IMPLEMENTATION} STREQUAL "GLESv2"))
+if(${Qt5Gui_OPENGL_IMPLEMENTATION} STREQUAL "GLESv2")
     set(KWIN_BUILD_OPENGLES TRUE)
     message("Building KWin with OpenGL ES 2 support")
 endif()
diff --git a/cmake/modules/FindOpenGLES.cmake b/cmake/modules/FindOpenGLES.cmake
deleted file mode 100644
index 60b07e2934..0000000000
--- a/cmake/modules/FindOpenGLES.cmake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,52 +0,0 @@
-# - Try to find OpenGLES
-# Once done this will define
-#  
-#  OPENGLES_FOUND           - system has OpenGLES and EGL
-#  OPENGL_EGL_FOUND         - system has EGL
-#  OPENGLES_INCLUDE_DIR     - the GLES include directory
-#  OPENGLES_LIBRARY	    - the GLES library
-#  OPENGLES_EGL_INCLUDE_DIR - the EGL include directory
-#  OPENGLES_EGL_LIBRARY	    - the EGL library
-#  OPENGLES_LIBRARIES       - all libraries needed for OpenGLES
-#  OPENGLES_INCLUDES        - all includes needed for OpenGLES
-
-FIND_PATH(OPENGLES_INCLUDE_DIR GLES2/gl2.h
-  /usr/openwin/share/include
-  /opt/graphics/OpenGL/include /usr/X11R6/include
-  /usr/include
-)
-
-FIND_LIBRARY(OPENGLES_LIBRARY
-  NAMES GLESv2
-  PATHS /opt/graphics/OpenGL/lib
-        /usr/openwin/lib
-        /usr/shlib /usr/X11R6/lib
-        /usr/lib
-)
-
-FIND_PATH(OPENGLES_EGL_INCLUDE_DIR EGL/egl.h
-  /usr/openwin/share/include
-  /opt/graphics/OpenGL/include /usr/X11R6/include
-  /usr/include
-)
-
-FIND_LIBRARY(OPENGLES_EGL_LIBRARY
-    NAMES EGL
-    PATHS /usr/shlib /usr/X11R6/lib
-          /usr/lib
-)
-
-SET(OPENGL_EGL_FOUND "NO")
-IF(OPENGLES_EGL_LIBRARY AND OPENGLES_EGL_INCLUDE_DIR)
-    SET(OPENGL_EGL_FOUND "YES")
-ENDIF()
-
-SET(OPENGLES_FOUND "NO")
-IF(OPENGLES_LIBRARY AND OPENGLES_INCLUDE_DIR AND
-   OPENGLES_EGL_LIBRARY AND OPENGLES_EGL_INCLUDE_DIR)
-    SET(OPENGLES_LIBRARIES ${OPENGLES_LIBRARY} ${OPENGLES_LIBRARIES}
-                           ${OPENGLES_EGL_LIBRARY})
-    SET(OPENGLES_INCLUDES ${OPENGLES_INCLUDE_DIR} ${OPENGLES_EGL_INCLUDE_DIR})
-    SET(OPENGLES_FOUND "YES")
-ENDIF()
-