diff --git a/cmake/FindNeXus.cmake b/cmake/FindNeXus.cmake
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-# - Find NeXus library
-# Find the native NEXUS includes and library
-# This module defines
-#  NEXUS_INCLUDE_DIR, where to find NeXus.h, etc.
-#  NEXUS_LIBRARY, library to link against to use NEXUS
-#  NEXUS_FOUND, if false, do not try to use NEXUS.
-
-find_path(NEXUS_INCLUDE_DIR napi.h
-  HINTS "/usr/local/include" "/opt/nexus/include" "/usr/local/include/nexus"
-)
-# find position of napi.h from the end
-string(FIND "${NEXUS_INCLUDE_DIR}" "/napi.h" pos REVERSE)
-# truncate the string
-string(SUBSTRING "${NEXUS_INCLUDE_DIR}" 0 ${pos} substr)
-set(NEXUS_INCLUDE_DIR ${substr})
-unset(substr)
-
-find_library(NEXUS_LIBRARY NeXus 
-  HINTS "/usr/lib" "/usr/lib64" "/usr/local/lib" "/usr/local/lib64" "/opt/nexus/lib")
-
-# get version string
-if (NEXUS_INCLUDE_DIR AND EXISTS ${NEXUS_INCLUDE_DIR}/napi.h)
-  file(STRINGS "${NEXUS_INCLUDE_DIR}/napi.h" NEXUS_version_str
-       REGEX "^#define[\t ]+NEXUS_VERSION[\t ].*")
-
-  string(REGEX REPLACE "^#define[\t ]+NEXUS_VERSION[\t ]+\"([^\"]*).*"
-         "\\1" NEXUS_VERSION_STRING "${NEXUS_version_str}")
-  unset(NEXUS_version_str)
-endif()
-
-# handle the QUIETLY and REQUIRED arguments and set NEXUS_FOUND to TRUE if
-# all listed variables are TRUE
-include(${CMAKE_ROOT}/Modules/FindPackageHandleStandardArgs.cmake)
-FIND_PACKAGE_HANDLE_STANDARD_ARGS(NEXUS
-                                  REQUIRED_VARS NEXUS_LIBRARY NEXUS_INCLUDE_DIR
-                                  VERSION_VAR NEXUS_VERSION_STRING)
-
-if (NOT NEXUS_FOUND)
-  unset(NEXUS_LIBRARY)
-endif()
-
-mark_as_advanced(NEXUS_INCLUDE_DIR NEXUS_LIBRARY)
-
-
-