diff --git a/Source/cmExportFileGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmExportFileGenerator.cxx
index 37af5f0a13..f60a17ee84 100644
--- a/Source/cmExportFileGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmExportFileGenerator.cxx
@@ -1260,7 +1260,7 @@ void cmExportFileGenerator::GenerateFindDependencyCalls(std::ostream& os)
 
   for (auto const& it : packageDependenciesSorted) {
     if (it.second.Enabled == cmExportSet::PackageDependencyExportEnabled::On) {
-      os << "find_dependency(" << it.first << " REQUIRED";
+      os << "find_dependency(" << it.first;
       for (auto const& arg : it.second.ExtraArguments) {
         os << " " << cmOutputConverter::EscapeForCMake(arg);
       }
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/export/FindDependencyExport-check.cmake b/Tests/RunCMake/export/FindDependencyExport-check.cmake
index 0cbb195200..6917c26438 100644
--- a/Tests/RunCMake/export/FindDependencyExport-check.cmake
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/export/FindDependencyExport-check.cmake
@@ -2,19 +2,19 @@ file(READ "${RunCMake_TEST_BINARY_DIR}/mytargets.cmake" mytargets)
 if("${mytargets}" MATCHES "find_dependency\\(P1")
   string(APPEND RunCMake_TEST_FAILED "P1 dependency should not be exported but it is\n")
 endif()
-if(NOT "${mytargets}" MATCHES "find_dependency\\(P2 REQUIRED \"VERSION\" \"1\\.0\"\\)")
+if(NOT "${mytargets}" MATCHES "find_dependency\\(P2 \"VERSION\" \"1\\.0\"\\)")
   string(APPEND RunCMake_TEST_FAILED "P2 dependency should be exported but it is not\n")
 endif()
-if(NOT "${mytargets}" MATCHES "find_dependency\\(P3 REQUIRED\\)")
+if(NOT "${mytargets}" MATCHES "find_dependency\\(P3\\)")
   string(APPEND RunCMake_TEST_FAILED "P3 dependency should be exported but it is not\n")
 endif()
-if(NOT "${mytargets}" MATCHES "find_dependency\\(P4 REQUIRED\\)")
+if(NOT "${mytargets}" MATCHES "find_dependency\\(P4\\)")
   string(APPEND RunCMake_TEST_FAILED "P4 dependency should be exported but it is not\n")
 endif()
 if("${mytargets}" MATCHES "find_dependency\\(P5")
   string(APPEND RunCMake_TEST_FAILED "P5 dependency should not be exported but it is\n")
 endif()
-if(NOT "${mytargets}" MATCHES "find_dependency\\(P6 REQUIRED\\)")
+if(NOT "${mytargets}" MATCHES "find_dependency\\(P6\\)")
   string(APPEND RunCMake_TEST_FAILED "P6 dependency should be exported but it is not\n")
 endif()
 if("${mytargets}" MATCHES "find_dependency\\(P7")
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/install/EXPORT-FindDependencyExport-all-check.cmake b/Tests/RunCMake/install/EXPORT-FindDependencyExport-all-check.cmake
index 6a8b2e539f..9b41436f68 100644
--- a/Tests/RunCMake/install/EXPORT-FindDependencyExport-all-check.cmake
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/install/EXPORT-FindDependencyExport-all-check.cmake
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 file(READ "${RunCMake_TEST_BINARY_DIR}/root-all/lib/cmake/mylib/mylib-targets.cmake" contents)
-if(NOT contents MATCHES "include\\(CMakeFindDependencyMacro\\)\nfind_dependency\\(P2 REQUIRED\\)\nfind_dependency\\(P1 REQUIRED\\)\n")
+if(NOT contents MATCHES "include\\(CMakeFindDependencyMacro\\)\nfind_dependency\\(P2\\)\nfind_dependency\\(P1\\)\n")
   set(RunCMake_TEST_FAILED "Dependencies were not properly exported")
 endif()