diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index aa8536560..26b95389e 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -476,13 +476,11 @@ ecbuild_info("   |  ecCodes version ${ECCODES_VERSION}  |")
 ecbuild_info("   +--------------------------+")
 ecbuild_info("")
 
-if (PYTHON_FOUND AND PYTHON_VERSION_MAJOR EQUAL 3)
-    ecbuild_info("   +--------------------------------------+")
-    ecbuild_info("   | Please note:                         |")
-    ecbuild_info("   | For Python3 support, first install   |")
-    ecbuild_info("   | ecCodes and then install the Python  |")
-    ecbuild_info("   | bindings from PyPI with:             |")
-    ecbuild_info("   |   $ pip install eccodes-python       |")
-    ecbuild_info("   +--------------------------------------+")
-    ecbuild_info("")
-endif()
+ecbuild_info("   +--------------------------------------+")
+ecbuild_info("   | Please note:                         |")
+ecbuild_info("   | For Python3 support, first install   |")
+ecbuild_info("   | ecCodes and then install the Python  |")
+ecbuild_info("   | bindings from PyPI with:             |")
+ecbuild_info("   |   $ pip install eccodes-python       |")
+ecbuild_info("   +--------------------------------------+")
+ecbuild_info("")