diff --git a/cmake/FindPDAL.cmake b/cmake/FindPDAL.cmake
index ca8ca2517ea..34a4ae5d756 100644
--- a/cmake/FindPDAL.cmake
+++ b/cmake/FindPDAL.cmake
@@ -67,11 +67,8 @@ IF (PDAL_FOUND)
       MESSAGE(STATUS "Found PDAL: ${PDAL_LIBRARIES} (${PDAL_VERSION})")
    ENDIF (NOT PDAL_FIND_QUIETLY)
 
-   IF (PDAL_VERSION_MAJOR LESS 2)
-      MESSAGE (FATAL_ERROR "PDAL version is too old (${PDAL_VERSION}). Use 2.2 or higher.")
-   ENDIF()
-   IF ( (PDAL_VERSION_MAJOR EQUAL 2) AND (PDAL_VERSION_MINOR LESS 2) )
-      MESSAGE (FATAL_ERROR "PDAL version is too old (${PDAL_VERSION}). Use 2.2 or higher.")
+   IF ((PDAL_VERSION_MAJOR EQUAL 1) AND (PDAL_VERSION_MINOR LESS 7))
+      MESSAGE (FATAL_ERROR "PDAL version is too old (${PDAL_VERSION}). Use 1.7 or higher.")
    ENDIF()
 
 ELSE (PDAL_FOUND)