diff --git a/cdk/cmake/DepFindProtobuf.cmake b/cdk/cmake/DepFindProtobuf.cmake
index 1fc785e..41d1405 100644
--- a/cdk/cmake/DepFindProtobuf.cmake
+++ b/cdk/cmake/DepFindProtobuf.cmake
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 #
 #
 
+if(0)
 if(TARGET ext::protobuf)
   return()
 endif()
@@ -64,6 +65,11 @@ add_ext_targets(protobuf
   LIBRARY protobuf pb_libprotobuf
   EXECUTABLE protoc pb_protoc
 )
+endif()
+
+if (COMMAND mysqlx_protobuf_generate_cpp)
+  return()
+endif()
 
 
 # Standard PROTOBUF_GENERATE_CPP modified to our usage