diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index b698d75f9..9de0fc0ed 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -696,9 +696,6 @@ ELSE()
   ENDIF()
 ENDIF()
 
-# USD/USDA/USDC/USDZ support
-option(ASSIMP_TINYUSDZ_ENABLED "Enable tinyusdz support" OFF)
-
 # Main assimp code
 ADD_SUBDIRECTORY( code/ )
 
diff --git a/code/CMakeLists.txt b/code/CMakeLists.txt
index d0360f1db..8f91ff3dd 100644
--- a/code/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/code/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -916,7 +916,7 @@ SOURCE_GROUP( Extra FILES ${Extra_SRCS})
 
 # USD/USDA/USDC/USDZ support
 # tinyusdz
-IF(ASSIMP_TINYUSDZ_ENABLED)
+IF (NOT ASSIMP_BUILD_NO_USD_IMPORTER)
     set(Tinyusdz_SRC_RELPATH "../contrib/tinyusdz/tinyusdz_repo/src")
     set(Tinyusdz_SRCS
             ${Tinyusdz_SRC_RELPATH}/ascii-parser.cc