diff --git a/recipes/mysql-connector-cpp/all/conandata.yml b/recipes/mysql-connector-cpp/all/conandata.yml
index 76bb1f03918af..98156c4cfa159 100644
--- a/recipes/mysql-connector-cpp/all/conandata.yml
+++ b/recipes/mysql-connector-cpp/all/conandata.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ sources:
 patches:
   "9.0.0":
     - patch_file: "patches/9.0.0/0001-override-cmake-policy-version.patch"
-      patch_description: "Set CMake policy version to 3.15, move project() statement"
+      patch_description: "Set CMake policy version to 3.15"
       patch_type: "conan"
     - patch_file: "patches/9.0.0/0002-rename-find_dependency.patch"
       patch_description: "Rename find_dependency() to avoid conflicts with the official CMake function"
diff --git a/recipes/mysql-connector-cpp/all/patches/9.0.0/0001-override-cmake-policy-version.patch b/recipes/mysql-connector-cpp/all/patches/9.0.0/0001-override-cmake-policy-version.patch
index 8007cf0e4bedb..b0adb6c08cb9c 100644
--- a/recipes/mysql-connector-cpp/all/patches/9.0.0/0001-override-cmake-policy-version.patch
+++ b/recipes/mysql-connector-cpp/all/patches/9.0.0/0001-override-cmake-policy-version.patch
@@ -17,23 +17,15 @@ index 341ed2de..4d747849 100644
  
 -CMAKE_MINIMUM_REQUIRED(VERSION 3.8)
 +CMAKE_MINIMUM_REQUIRED(VERSION 3.15)
-+PROJECT(MySQL_CONCPP)
-+
  
 -CMAKE_POLICY(VERSION 3.1)
 -cmake_policy(SET CMP0022 NEW)
- 
- 
- SET(BUILDTYPE_DOCSTRING
-@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ endif()
- 
- ##########################################################################
- 
--PROJECT(MySQL_CONCPP)
++
 +
  
- # Load cmake modules
  
+ SET(BUILDTYPE_DOCSTRING
+
 @@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
  # Detect if we are configured as stand-alone project, or sub-project.
  #