diff --git a/cmake/Modules/Packages/GPU.cmake b/cmake/Modules/Packages/GPU.cmake
index be824edfc1..7c05c02b68 100644
--- a/cmake/Modules/Packages/GPU.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Modules/Packages/GPU.cmake
@@ -116,9 +116,6 @@
 
   elseif(GPU_API STREQUAL "OPENCL")
     if(${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} STREQUAL "Windows")
-      if(CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_LESS 3.11)
-	message(FATAL_ERROR "Downloading OpenCL currently only works with cmake-3.11 and higher")
-      endif()
       # download and unpack support binaries for compilation of windows binaries.
       set(LAMMPS_THIRDPARTY_URL "http://download.lammps.org/thirdparty")
       file(DOWNLOAD "${LAMMPS_THIRDPARTY_URL}/opencl-win-devel.tar.gz" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/opencl-win-devel.tar.gz"
diff --git a/cmake/Modules/Packages/KOKKOS.cmake b/cmake/Modules/Packages/KOKKOS.cmake
index 3041433f1a..d2b8f19167 100644
--- a/cmake/Modules/Packages/KOKKOS.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Modules/Packages/KOKKOS.cmake
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 option(EXTERNAL_KOKKOS "Build against external kokkos library" OFF)
 option(DOWNLOAD_KOKKOS "Download the KOKKOS library instead of using the bundled one" OFF)
 if(DOWNLOAD_KOKKOS)
-  if(CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_LESS 3.11)
-    message(FATAL_ERROR "Downloading kokkos currently only works with cmake-3.11 and higher")
-  endif()
   message(STATUS "KOKKOS download requested - we will build our own")
   file(DOWNLOAD https://github.com/kokkos/kokkos/compare/3.0.00...stanmoore1:lammps.diff ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/kokkos-lammps.patch)
   include(ExternalProject)