diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index d1a70c52..b9a85a06 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -178,8 +178,8 @@ endmacro()
 if (SWIG_FOUND)
   if (BUILDSWIGPYTHON)
     if(NOT PYTHONLIBS_FOUND)
-      find_package (PythonInterp ${PYTHONBUILD_VERSION} EXACT REQUIRED)
-      find_package (PythonLibs ${PYTHONBUILD_VERSION} EXACT REQUIRED)
+      find_package (PythonInterp ${PYTHONBUILD_VERSION} REQUIRED)
+      find_package (PythonLibs ${PYTHONBUILD_VERSION} REQUIRED)
       string (REPLACE "." ";" PYTHON_VERSION_LIST ${PYTHONLIBS_VERSION_STRING})
       list (GET PYTHON_VERSION_LIST 0 PYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR)
       list (GET PYTHON_VERSION_LIST 1 PYTHON_VERSION_MINOR)