diff --git a/src/wx/CMakeLists.txt b/src/wx/CMakeLists.txt
index 5ba0bfcb..5ad7bda5 100644
--- a/src/wx/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/wx/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -73,19 +73,21 @@ SET(wxWidgets_USE_UNICODE ON)
 # adv is for wxAboutBox
 # xml, html is for xrc
 # do not include gl at first
-set(wxWidgets_USE_LIBS xrc xml html adv net core base gl)
+set(wxWidgets_USE_LIBS xrc xml html adv net core base)
 #list(APPEND wxWidgets_CONFIG_OPTIONS --version=2.8)
 
 # check for gtk4 then gtk3 packages first, some dists like arch rename the
 # wx-config utility for these packages
-set(wxWidgets_CONFIG_EXECUTABLE wx-config-gtk4)
-find_package(wxWidgets QUIET)
-if(NOT wxWidgets_FOUND)
-    set(wxWidgets_CONFIG_EXECUTABLE wx-config-gtk3)
+foreach(gtk_ver 4 3)
+    set(wxWidgets_CONFIG_EXECUTABLE wx-config-gtk${gtk_ver})
     find_package(wxWidgets QUIET)
-    if(NOT wxWidgets_FOUND)
-        unset(wxWidgets_CONFIG_EXECUTABLE)
+    if(wxWidgets_FOUND)
+        break()
     endif()
+endforeach()
+
+if(NOT wxWidgets_FOUND)
+    unset(wxWidgets_CONFIG_EXECUTABLE)
 endif()
 
 # the gl lib may not be available, and if it looks like it is we still have to