diff --git a/cmake/Modules/Findcjson.cmake b/cmake/Modules/Findcjson.cmake
index 570557391..a086a6060 100644
--- a/cmake/Modules/Findcjson.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Modules/Findcjson.cmake
@@ -20,10 +20,8 @@ endif (CJSON_ROOT)
 find_path (CJSON_INCLUDE_DIR
   NAMES "cjson/cJSON.h"
   HINTS "${CJSON_ROOT}"
-  PATHS "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}" "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/../opm-parser"
   PATH_SUFFIXES "include" "opm/json"
-  DOC "Path to cjson library header files"
-  ${_no_default_path} )
+  DOC "Path to cjson library header files")
 
 # find out the size of a pointer. this is required to only search for
 # libraries in the directories relevant for the architecture
@@ -36,13 +34,9 @@ string(REGEX REPLACE "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/?(.*)" "\\1"  BUILD_DIR_SUFFIX "${PR
 find_library (CJSON_LIBRARY
   NAMES "cjson"
   HINTS "${CJSON_ROOT}"
-  PATHS "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/../opm-parser"
-        "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/../opm-parser${BUILD_DIR_SUFFIX}"
-        "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/../../opm-parser/${BUILD_DIR_SUFFIX}"
   PATH_SUFFIXES "lib" "lib${_BITS}" "lib/${CMAKE_LIBRARY_ARCHITECTURE}"
                 "opm/json"
-  DOC "Path to cjson library archive/shared object files"
-  ${_no_default_path} )
+  DOC "Path to cjson library archive/shared object files")
 
 # setup list of all required libraries to link with cjson
 set (CJSON_INCLUDE_DIRS ${CJSON_INCLUDE_DIR})
diff --git a/opm/json/CMakeLists.txt b/opm/json/CMakeLists.txt
index b9b8757d6..f17c26256 100644
--- a/opm/json/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/opm/json/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 if (NOT HAVE_CJSON)
-    add_library( cjson cjson/cJSON.c )
+    add_library( cjson STATIC cjson/cJSON.c )
+    set_target_properties(cjson PROPERTIES COMPILE_FLAGS -fPIC)
     set( CJSON_INCLUDE_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} )
-    install( TARGETS cjson DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR} )
-    install( FILES cjson/cJSON.h DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/include/cjson )
-
     set( CJSON_LIBRARY cjson )
 endif()