diff --git a/components/freemodbus/CMakeLists.txt b/components/freemodbus/CMakeLists.txt
index 2de3d44..4b57c16 100644
--- a/components/freemodbus/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/components/freemodbus/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 # The following five lines of boilerplate have to be in your project's
 # CMakeLists in this exact order for cmake to work correctly
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5)
-
 set(COMPONENT_SRCS  "common/esp_modbus_master.c"
                     "common/esp_modbus_slave.c"
                     "modbus/mb.c"