diff --git a/cmake/ThirdParties.cmake b/cmake/ThirdParties.cmake
index 1673964..2988052 100644
--- a/cmake/ThirdParties.cmake
+++ b/cmake/ThirdParties.cmake
@@ -35,11 +35,13 @@ endmacro()
 # Now, conditionally find all dependencies that were not included above
 # via find_package, usually system installed packages.
 
-if (TARGET Catch2::Catch2)
-    set(THIRDPARTY_BUILTIN_Catch2 "embedded")
-else()
-    find_package(Catch2 REQUIRED)
-    set(THIRDPARTY_BUILTIN_Catch2 "system package")
+if(LIBUNICODE_TESTING)
+    if (TARGET Catch2::Catch2)
+        set(THIRDPARTY_BUILTIN_Catch2 "embedded")
+    else()
+        find_package(Catch2 REQUIRED)
+        set(THIRDPARTY_BUILTIN_Catch2 "system package")
+    endif()
 endif()
 
 if(TARGET fmt)
@@ -53,7 +55,9 @@ macro(ThirdPartiesSummary2)
     message(STATUS "==============================================================================")
     message(STATUS "    ThirdParties")
     message(STATUS "------------------------------------------------------------------------------")
+if(LIBUNICODE_TESTING)
     message(STATUS "Catch2              ${THIRDPARTY_BUILTIN_Catch2}")
+endif()
     message(STATUS "fmt                 ${THIRDPARTY_BUILTIN_fmt}")
     message(STATUS "------------------------------------------------------------------------------")
 endmacro()