diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a613d7f5af7..8f15a7907a9 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -85,9 +85,6 @@ set_property(CACHE gRPC_SSL_PROVIDER PROPERTY STRINGS "module" "package")
 set(gRPC_PROTOBUF_PROVIDER "module" CACHE STRING "Provider of protobuf library")
 set_property(CACHE gRPC_PROTOBUF_PROVIDER PROPERTY STRINGS "module" "package")
 
-set(gRPC_PROTOBUF_PACKAGE_TYPE "" CACHE STRING "Algorithm for searching protobuf package")
-set_property(CACHE gRPC_PROTOBUF_PACKAGE_TYPE PROPERTY STRINGS "CONFIG" "MODULE")
-
 if(gRPC_BUILD_TESTS)
   set(gRPC_BENCHMARK_PROVIDER "module" CACHE STRING "Provider of benchmark library")
   set_property(CACHE gRPC_BENCHMARK_PROVIDER PROPERTY STRINGS "module" "package")
diff --git a/cmake/protobuf.cmake b/cmake/protobuf.cmake
index aff1d36526e..80181c62186 100644
--- a/cmake/protobuf.cmake
+++ b/cmake/protobuf.cmake
@@ -55,12 +55,8 @@ if(gRPC_PROTOBUF_PROVIDER STREQUAL "module")
     set(gRPC_INSTALL FALSE)
   endif()
 elseif(gRPC_PROTOBUF_PROVIDER STREQUAL "package")
-  find_package(Protobuf REQUIRED ${gRPC_PROTOBUF_PACKAGE_TYPE})
+  find_package(Protobuf REQUIRED CONFIG)
 
-  # {Protobuf,PROTOBUF}_FOUND is defined based on find_package type ("MODULE" vs "CONFIG").
-  # For "MODULE", the case has also changed between cmake 3.5 and 3.6.
-  # We use the legacy uppercase version for *_LIBRARIES AND *_INCLUDE_DIRS variables
-  # as newer cmake versions provide them too for backward compatibility.
   if(Protobuf_FOUND OR PROTOBUF_FOUND)
     if(TARGET protobuf::${_gRPC_PROTOBUF_LIBRARY_NAME})
       set(_gRPC_PROTOBUF_LIBRARIES protobuf::${_gRPC_PROTOBUF_LIBRARY_NAME})
@@ -90,6 +86,6 @@ elseif(gRPC_PROTOBUF_PROVIDER STREQUAL "package")
         set(_gRPC_PROTOBUF_PROTOC_EXECUTABLE ${PROTOBUF_PROTOC_EXECUTABLE})
       endif()
     endif()
-    set(_gRPC_FIND_PROTOBUF "if(NOT Protobuf_FOUND AND NOT PROTOBUF_FOUND)\n  find_package(Protobuf ${gRPC_PROTOBUF_PACKAGE_TYPE})\nendif()")
+    set(_gRPC_FIND_PROTOBUF "find_dependency(Protobuf CONFIG)")
   endif()
 endif()
diff --git a/examples/cpp/helloworld/cmake_externalproject/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/cpp/helloworld/cmake_externalproject/CMakeLists.txt
index ebf528847e9..c87f26160b7 100644
--- a/examples/cpp/helloworld/cmake_externalproject/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/cpp/helloworld/cmake_externalproject/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -119,7 +119,6 @@ ExternalProject_Add(grpc
         -DgRPC_BUILD_MSVC_MP_COUNT:STRING=-1
         -Dutf8_range_DIR:STRING=${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/utf8_range/lib/cmake/utf8_range
         -DgRPC_PROTOBUF_PROVIDER:STRING=package
-        -DgRPC_PROTOBUF_PACKAGE_TYPE:STRING=CONFIG
         -DProtobuf_DIR:PATH=${_FINDPACKAGE_PROTOBUF_CONFIG_DIR}
         -DgRPC_RE2_PROVIDER:STRING=package
         -Dre2_DIR:STRING=${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/re2/lib/cmake/re2
diff --git a/templates/CMakeLists.txt.template b/templates/CMakeLists.txt.template
index 2b340efd4c2..ea308132378 100644
--- a/templates/CMakeLists.txt.template
+++ b/templates/CMakeLists.txt.template
@@ -217,9 +217,6 @@
   set(gRPC_PROTOBUF_PROVIDER "module" CACHE STRING "Provider of protobuf library")
   set_property(CACHE gRPC_PROTOBUF_PROVIDER PROPERTY STRINGS "module" "package")
 
-  set(gRPC_PROTOBUF_PACKAGE_TYPE "" CACHE STRING "Algorithm for searching protobuf package")
-  set_property(CACHE gRPC_PROTOBUF_PACKAGE_TYPE PROPERTY STRINGS "CONFIG" "MODULE")
-
   if(gRPC_BUILD_TESTS)
     set(gRPC_BENCHMARK_PROVIDER "module" CACHE STRING "Provider of benchmark library")
     set_property(CACHE gRPC_BENCHMARK_PROVIDER PROPERTY STRINGS "module" "package")
diff --git a/test/distrib/cpp/run_distrib_test_cmake.bat b/test/distrib/cpp/run_distrib_test_cmake.bat
index d8d5ff14fe3..7a485e4da51 100644
--- a/test/distrib/cpp/run_distrib_test_cmake.bat
+++ b/test/distrib/cpp/run_distrib_test_cmake.bat
@@ -99,7 +99,6 @@ cmake ^
   -DgRPC_BUILD_MSVC_MP_COUNT=-1 ^
   -DgRPC_ABSL_PROVIDER=package ^
   -DgRPC_CARES_PROVIDER=package ^
-  -DgRPC_PROTOBUF_PACKAGE_TYPE=CONFIG ^
   -DgRPC_PROTOBUF_PROVIDER=package ^
   -DProtobuf_USE_STATIC_LIBS=ON ^
   -DgRPC_RE2_PROVIDER=package ^
diff --git a/test/distrib/cpp/run_distrib_test_cmake.sh b/test/distrib/cpp/run_distrib_test_cmake.sh
index 73fba56129a..c1d2307ca62 100755
--- a/test/distrib/cpp/run_distrib_test_cmake.sh
+++ b/test/distrib/cpp/run_distrib_test_cmake.sh
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ cmake \
   -DgRPC_BUILD_TESTS=OFF \
   -DgRPC_CARES_PROVIDER=package \
   -DgRPC_ABSL_PROVIDER=package \
-  -DgRPC_PROTOBUF_PACKAGE_TYPE=CONFIG \
   -DgRPC_PROTOBUF_PROVIDER=package \
   -DgRPC_RE2_PROVIDER=package \
   -DgRPC_SSL_PROVIDER=package \
diff --git a/test/distrib/cpp/run_distrib_test_cmake_pkgconfig.sh b/test/distrib/cpp/run_distrib_test_cmake_pkgconfig.sh
index fbec50fcd6d..0b4428b8aa2 100755
--- a/test/distrib/cpp/run_distrib_test_cmake_pkgconfig.sh
+++ b/test/distrib/cpp/run_distrib_test_cmake_pkgconfig.sh
@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@ cmake \
   -DgRPC_BUILD_TESTS=OFF \
   -DgRPC_ABSL_PROVIDER=package \
   -DgRPC_CARES_PROVIDER=package \
-  -DgRPC_PROTOBUF_PACKAGE_TYPE=CONFIG \
   -DgRPC_PROTOBUF_PROVIDER=package \
   -Dutf8_range_DIR=/usr/local/lib/cmake/utf8_range \
   -DgRPC_RE2_PROVIDER=package \