diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 94e370795..cf4749a7a 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2056,13 +2056,15 @@ set_package_properties(OPENCL PROPERTIES
     PURPOSE "Used in some processing block implementations."
     TYPE OPTIONAL
 )
+if(NOT OPENCL_FOUND)
+    set(ENABLE_OPENCL OFF)
+endif()
 if(ENABLE_OPENCL)
-    find_package(OPENCL)
     if(DEFINED ENV{DISABLE_OPENCL})
         set(DISABLE_OPENCL TRUE)
     endif()
     if(DISABLE_OPENCL)
-        set(OPENCL_FOUND FALSE)
+        set(ENABLE_OPENCL OFF)
     else()
         if(OPENCL_FOUND)
             message(STATUS "OpenCL has been found and will be used by some processing blocks")
@@ -2070,7 +2072,7 @@ if(ENABLE_OPENCL)
         endif()
     endif()
     if(ENABLE_GENERIC_ARCH)
-        set(OPENCL_FOUND FALSE)
+        set(ENABLE_OPENCL OFF)
         message(STATUS "ENABLE_GENERIC_ARCH is set to ON so the use of OpenCL has been disabled.")
     endif()
     if(NOT OPENCL_FOUND)
diff --git a/src/algorithms/libs/CMakeLists.txt b/src/algorithms/libs/CMakeLists.txt
index d8fac7598..190de9af7 100644
--- a/src/algorithms/libs/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/algorithms/libs/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ target_link_libraries(algorithms_libs
         Glog::glog
 )
 
-if(OPENCL_FOUND)
+if(ENABLE_OPENCL)
     target_link_libraries(algorithms_libs PUBLIC OpenCL::OpenCL)
     target_include_directories(algorithms_libs PUBLIC
         $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/opencl