diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 177296d81c..6f5fbe587c 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -419,20 +419,21 @@ if(WITH_OTLP_GRPC
       endif()
     endif()
   endif()
-  # Latest Protobuf imported targets and without legacy module support
-  if(TARGET protobuf::protoc)
-    project_build_tools_get_imported_location(PROTOBUF_PROTOC_EXECUTABLE
-                                              protobuf::protoc)
-    # If protobuf::protoc is not a imported target, then we use the target
-    # directly for fallback
-    if(NOT PROTOBUF_PROTOC_EXECUTABLE)
-      set(PROTOBUF_PROTOC_EXECUTABLE protobuf::protoc)
+  if(NOT PROTOBUF_PROTOC_EXECUTABLE)
+    # Latest Protobuf imported targets and without legacy module support
+    if(TARGET protobuf::protoc)
+      project_build_tools_get_imported_location(PROTOBUF_PROTOC_EXECUTABLE
+                                                protobuf::protoc)
+      # If protobuf::protoc is not a imported target, then we use the target
+      # directly for fallback
+      if(NOT PROTOBUF_PROTOC_EXECUTABLE)
+        set(PROTOBUF_PROTOC_EXECUTABLE protobuf::protoc)
+      endif()
+    elseif(Protobuf_PROTOC_EXECUTABLE)
+      # Some versions of FindProtobuf.cmake uses mixed case instead of uppercase
+      set(PROTOBUF_PROTOC_EXECUTABLE ${Protobuf_PROTOC_EXECUTABLE})
     endif()
-  elseif(Protobuf_PROTOC_EXECUTABLE)
-    # Some versions of FindProtobuf.cmake uses mixed case instead of uppercase
-    set(PROTOBUF_PROTOC_EXECUTABLE ${Protobuf_PROTOC_EXECUTABLE})
   endif()
-  include(CMakeDependentOption)
 
   message(STATUS "PROTOBUF_PROTOC_EXECUTABLE=${PROTOBUF_PROTOC_EXECUTABLE}")
   set(SAVED_CMAKE_CXX_CLANG_TIDY ${CMAKE_CXX_CLANG_TIDY})