diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 6e9f4cca..9a18972a 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -127,7 +127,9 @@ set(CMAKE_INCLUDE_CURRENT_DIR ON)
 
 if(USE_PYTHON)
     find_package(PythonInterp 3 REQUIRED)
-    find_package(PythonLibs 3 REQUIRED)
+    if(NOT BUILD_FOR_CONDA)
+      find_package(PythonLibs 3 REQUIRED)
+    endif()
 
     execute_process(COMMAND ${PYTHON_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 13d6915a..387f7b29 100644
--- a/cmake/SuperBuild.cmake
+++ b/cmake/SuperBuild.cmake
@@ -166,7 +166,9 @@ if (USE_PYTHON)
         message(FATAL_ERROR "Could NOT find pybind11!")
     endif( PYBIND_INCLUDE_DIR )
     find_package(PythonInterp 3 REQUIRED)
-    find_package(PythonLibs 3 REQUIRED)
+    if(NOT BUILD_FOR_CONDA)
+      find_package(PythonLibs 3 REQUIRED)
+    endif()
 
     set_vars(NETGEN_CMAKE_ARGS
       PYTHON_INCLUDE_DIRS