diff --git a/zxing.cmake b/zxing.cmake
index 99f908a2..2a958e32 100644
--- a/zxing.cmake
+++ b/zxing.cmake
@@ -1,25 +1,7 @@
 
 macro(zxing_add_package_stb)
-    unset (STB_FOUND CACHE)
-
-    if (ZXING_DEPENDENCIES STREQUAL "AUTO")
-        find_package(PkgConfig)
-        pkg_check_modules (STB IMPORTED_TARGET stb)
-    elseif (ZXING_DEPENDENCIES STREQUAL "LOCAL")
-        find_package(PkgConfig REQUIRED)
-        pkg_check_modules (STB REQUIRED IMPORTED_TARGET stb)
-    endif()
-
-    if (NOT STB_FOUND)
-        include(FetchContent)
-        FetchContent_Declare (stb
-            GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/nothings/stb.git)
-        FetchContent_MakeAvailable (stb)
-        add_library(stb::stb INTERFACE IMPORTED)
-        target_include_directories(stb::stb INTERFACE ${stb_SOURCE_DIR})
-    else()
-        add_library(stb::stb ALIAS PkgConfig::STB)
-    endif()
+    add_library(stb::stb INTERFACE IMPORTED)
+    target_include_directories(stb::stb INTERFACE /usr/include/stb)
 endmacro()
 
 macro(zxing_add_package name depname git_repo git_rev)