diff --git a/code/CMakeModules/nel.cmake b/code/CMakeModules/nel.cmake
index aeac7277d..1d19212c9 100644
--- a/code/CMakeModules/nel.cmake
+++ b/code/CMakeModules/nel.cmake
@@ -1083,15 +1083,15 @@ MACRO(SETUP_EXTERNAL)
     IF(APPLE)
       IF(WITH_STATIC_EXTERNAL)
         SET(CMAKE_FIND_LIBRARY_SUFFIXES .a)
-      ELSE(WITH_STATIC_EXTERNAL)
+      ELSE()
         SET(CMAKE_FIND_LIBRARY_SUFFIXES .dylib .so .a)
-      ENDIF(WITH_STATIC_EXTERNAL)
+      ENDIF()
     ELSE(APPLE)
       IF(WITH_STATIC_EXTERNAL)
         SET(CMAKE_FIND_LIBRARY_SUFFIXES .a .so)
-      ELSE(WITH_STATIC_EXTERNAL)
+      ELSE()
         SET(CMAKE_FIND_LIBRARY_SUFFIXES .so .a)
-      ENDIF(WITH_STATIC_EXTERNAL)
+      ENDIF()
     ENDIF(APPLE)
   ENDIF(WIN32)