diff --git a/cmake_modules/morse/find/FindHWLOC.cmake b/cmake_modules/morse/find/FindHWLOC.cmake
index ff1be15ea0fafa2a77754207b19841a949aefe6d..a7c38315c7862bb10e51c7cf7a4a69e2294fed70 100644
--- a/cmake_modules/morse/find/FindHWLOC.cmake
+++ b/cmake_modules/morse/find/FindHWLOC.cmake
@@ -218,11 +218,7 @@ if(NOT HWLOC_FOUND OR NOT HWLOC_LIBRARIES)
         check_function_exists(hwloc_topology_init HWLOC_WORKS)
         mark_as_advanced(HWLOC_WORKS)
 
-        if(HWLOC_WORKS)
-            set(HWLOC_LIBRARIES "${CMAKE_REQUIRED_LIBRARIES}")
-            set(HWLOC_LIBRARY_DIRS "${HWLOC_LIBRARY_DIRS}")
-            set(HWLOC_INCLUDE_DIRS "${CMAKE_REQUIRED_INCLUDES}")
-        else()
+        if(NOT HWLOC_WORKS)
             if (HWLOC_FIND_REQUIRED)
                 if(NOT HWLOC_FIND_QUIETLY)
                     message(STATUS "Looking for hwloc : test of hwloc_topology_init with hwloc library fails")
diff --git a/cmake_modules/morse/find/FindQUARK.cmake b/cmake_modules/morse/find/FindQUARK.cmake
index 8920bdafb5b2f4bf48a03ac96bc089641b60d5e7..f2cc2d11b182c49276e40d05a212ae4d9decef68 100644
--- a/cmake_modules/morse/find/FindQUARK.cmake
+++ b/cmake_modules/morse/find/FindQUARK.cmake
@@ -194,11 +194,7 @@ if(QUARK_LIBRARIES)
     check_function_exists(QUARK_New QUARK_WORKS)
     mark_as_advanced(QUARK_WORKS)
 
-    if(QUARK_WORKS)
-        set(QUARK_LIBRARIES "${CMAKE_REQUIRED_LIBRARIES}")
-        set(QUARK_LIBRARY_DIRS "${QUARK_LIBRARY_DIRS}")
-        set(QUARK_INCLUDE_DIRS "${CMAKE_REQUIRED_INCLUDES}")
-    else()
+    if(NOT QUARK_WORKS)
         if (QUARK_FIND_REQUIRED)
             if(NOT QUARK_FIND_QUIETLY)
                 message(STATUS "Looking for quark : test of QUARK_New with quark library fails")