Credit: https://github.com/ros2/ros2/issues/1222#issuecomment-994207211
diff --git a/rviz_assimp_vendor/rviz_assimp_vendor-extras.cmake.in b/rviz_assimp_vendor/rviz_assimp_vendor-extras.cmake.in
index 8e41fe66..929f659c 100644
--- a/rviz_assimp_vendor/rviz_assimp_vendor-extras.cmake.in
+++ b/rviz_assimp_vendor/rviz_assimp_vendor-extras.cmake.in
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ foreach(library IN LISTS ASSIMP_LIBRARIES)
   if(IS_ABSOLUTE "${library}")
     list(APPEND rviz_assimp_vendor_LIBRARIES "${library}")
   else()
-    find_library(library_abs ${library} PATHS "${ASSIMP_LIBRARY_DIRS}" NO_DEFAULT_PATH)
+    find_library(library_abs assimp)
     list(APPEND rviz_assimp_vendor_LIBRARIES "${library_abs}")
   endif()
 endforeach()