diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 20c1ac8b..a4d52011 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ endif()
 set(NG_INSTALL_SUFFIX netgen CACHE STRING "Suffix appended to install directories (project name)")
 
 if(USE_PYTHON)
-  find_package(Python3 REQUIRED COMPONENTS Interpreter Development.Module Development.Embed)
+  find_package(Python3 REQUIRED COMPONENTS Interpreter Development.Module)
 
   execute_process(COMMAND ${Python3_EXECUTABLE} -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print(get_python_lib(1,0,''))" OUTPUT_VARIABLE PYTHON_PACKAGES_INSTALL_DIR OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
     file(TO_CMAKE_PATH ${PYTHON_PACKAGES_INSTALL_DIR} PYTHON_PACKAGES_INSTALL_DIR)
diff --git a/cmake/SuperBuild.cmake b/cmake/SuperBuild.cmake
index e5049d02..d7de225c 100644
--- a/cmake/SuperBuild.cmake
+++ b/cmake/SuperBuild.cmake
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ if (USE_PYTHON)
     else( PYBIND_INCLUDE_DIR )
         message(FATAL_ERROR "Could NOT find pybind11!")
     endif( PYBIND_INCLUDE_DIR )
-    find_package(Python3 REQUIRED COMPONENTS Interpreter Development.Module Development.Embed)
+    find_package(Python3 REQUIRED COMPONENTS Interpreter Development.Module)
 
     set_vars(NETGEN_CMAKE_ARGS
       Python3_INCLUDE_DIRS