diff --git a/examples/heatTransfer/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/heatTransfer/CMakeLists.txt
index 86a5f7fb248cf56adcb2d9b1809717c591097b1c..f6c932be42dd7223d5e08f12a3eb710d4947a433 100644
--- a/examples/heatTransfer/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/heatTransfer/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,10 +3,5 @@
 # accompanying file Copyright.txt for details.
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------#
 
-
-if(ADIOS2_HAVE_ADIOS1)
-  add_subdirectory(write)
-  add_subdirectory(read)
-endif()
-
-
+add_subdirectory(write)
+add_subdirectory(read)
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diff --git a/examples/heatTransfer/read/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/heatTransfer/read/CMakeLists.txt
index ce72b19ab07fb5da36e47ec3523bb88f73054419..5691e81b41f61d55ba77f41243a350d6bc7c4f47 100644
--- a/examples/heatTransfer/read/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/heatTransfer/read/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,11 @@
 
 if(ADIOS2_HAVE_MPI)
 
+  if(ADIOS2_HAVE_ADIOS1)
+  
     find_package(MPI COMPONENTS C REQUIRED)
+    find_package(ADIOS1 REQUIRED)
+    
     add_executable(heatTransfer_read_adios2 heatRead_adios2.cpp PrintData.cpp)
     target_include_directories(heatTransfer_read_adios2
       PRIVATE ${MPI_C_INCLUDE_PATH}
@@ -13,9 +17,6 @@ if(ADIOS2_HAVE_MPI)
     target_link_libraries(heatTransfer_read_adios2
       adios2 ${MPI_C_LIBRARIES}
     )
-    
-  if(ADIOS2_HAVE_ADIOS1)
-    find_package(ADIOS1 REQUIRED)
 
     add_executable(heatTransfer_read_adios1 heatRead_adios1.cpp PrintData.cpp)
     target_include_directories(heatTransfer_read_adios1
@@ -26,5 +27,4 @@ if(ADIOS2_HAVE_MPI)
     )
   endif()
   
-endif()
-
+endif()
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