diff --git a/src/Mod/Path/libarea/CMakeLists.txt b/src/Mod/Path/libarea/CMakeLists.txt
index dd03a39a79..087c911ddd 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Path/libarea/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/Mod/Path/libarea/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16,18 +16,16 @@ OPTION(USE_BOOST_PYTHON "use BOOST_PYTHON, otherwise use PYBIND11" ON)
 
 if(USE_BOOST_PYTHON)
     if(NOT FREECAD_LIBPACK_USE OR FREECAD_LIBPACK_CHECKFILE_CLBUNDLER)
-        # for boost >= 1.67 we must add the Python version suffix to
-        # the component name
-        if (Boost_VERSION VERSION_GREATER 106699)
-            find_package(Boost COMPONENTS python${PYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR}${PYTHON_VERSION_MINOR} REQUIRED)  # find BOOST and boost-python
-        else()
-            if(NOT PYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR LESS 3)
-                find_package( Boost COMPONENTS python3)
-                if (NOT Boost_PYTHON3_FOUND)
-                    find_package( Boost COMPONENTS python REQUIRED)
-                endif()
-            else()
-                find_package( Boost COMPONENTS python REQUIRED)  # find BOOST and boost-python
+        # boost-python >= 1.67 on some platforms has suffix
+        set(BOOST_PY_SUFFIX ${PYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR}${PYTHON_VERSION_MINOR})
+
+        find_package( Boost COMPONENTS python${BOOST_PY_SUFFIX} )
+        if (NOT Boost_PYTHON${BOOST_PY_SUFFIX}_FOUND)
+            # try just the major version
+            find_package( Boost COMPONENTS python${PYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR} )
+            if (NOT Boost_PYTHON${PYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR}_FOUND)
+                # unversioned
+                find_package( Boost COMPONENTS python REQUIRED)
             endif()
         endif()