diff --git a/dlib/cmake_find_blas.txt b/dlib/cmake_find_blas.txt
index 2e78f584b..97f8f752b 100644
--- a/dlib/cmake_find_blas.txt
+++ b/dlib/cmake_find_blas.txt
@@ -80,9 +80,8 @@ if (UNIX)
    # try to find some other BLAS libraries if we didn't find the MKL
    
    if (NOT blas_found)
-      set(extra_paths /usr/lib/atlas-base/ /usr/lib/atlas/ )
-      find_library(atlas_lib atlas ${extra_paths})
-      find_library(cblas_lib cblas ${extra_paths})
+      find_library(atlas_lib atlas)
+      find_library(cblas_lib cblas)
       if (atlas_lib AND cblas_lib)
          set(blas_libraries ${atlas_lib} ${cblas_lib})
          set(blas_found 1)