diff --git a/clover/CMakeLists.txt b/clover/CMakeLists.txt
index 7eca3f4c1..f1bdb819f 100644
--- a/clover/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/clover/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ find_package(catkin REQUIRED COMPONENTS
 
 list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/cmake")
 
+# https://github.com/mavlink/mavros/blob/7f1a8/mavros/CMakeLists.txt#L42
+set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH};/usr/share/cmake/geographiclib")
 find_package(GeographicLib REQUIRED)
 
 # Workaround for OpenCV 3/4 support
diff --git a/clover/cmake/FindGeographicLib.cmake b/clover/cmake/FindGeographicLib.cmake
deleted file mode 100644
index 9b29c3201..000000000
--- a/clover/cmake/FindGeographicLib.cmake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-# taken from: https://github.com/mavlink/mavros/blob/master/libmavconn/cmake/Modules/FindGeographicLib.cmake
-
-# Look for GeographicLib
-#
-# Set
-#  GEOGRAPHICLIB_FOUND = TRUE
-#  GeographicLib_INCLUDE_DIRS = /usr/local/include
-#  GeographicLib_LIBRARIES = /usr/local/lib/libGeographic.so
-#  GeographicLib_LIBRARY_DIRS = /usr/local/lib
-
-find_path (GeographicLib_INCLUDE_DIRS NAMES GeographicLib/Config.h)
-
-find_library (GeographicLib_LIBRARIES NAMES Geographic)
-
-include (FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
-find_package_handle_standard_args (GeographicLib DEFAULT_MSG
-  GeographicLib_LIBRARIES GeographicLib_INCLUDE_DIRS)
-mark_as_advanced (GeographicLib_LIBRARIES GeographicLib_INCLUDE_DIRS)