diff --git a/cmake/modules/FindDeprecated.cmake b/cmake/modules/FindDeprecated.cmake
index 35d69875149..c2582474b2c 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/FindDeprecated.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/FindDeprecated.cmake
@@ -78,12 +78,8 @@ if("XTOOLS" IN_LIST Deprecated_FIND_COMPONENTS)
                       "Please set ZEPHYR_TOOLCHAIN_VARIANT to 'zephyr'")
 endif()
 
-if(NOT "${Deprecated_FIND_COMPONENTS}" STREQUAL "")
-  message(STATUS "The following deprecated component(s) could not be found: "
-                 "${Deprecated_FIND_COMPONENTS}")
-endif()
-
 if("SOURCES" IN_LIST Deprecated_FIND_COMPONENTS)
+  list(REMOVE_ITEM Deprecated_FIND_COMPONENTS SOURCES)
   if(SOURCES)
     message(DEPRECATION
         "Setting SOURCES prior to calling find_package() for unit tests is deprecated."
@@ -92,5 +88,10 @@ if("SOURCES" IN_LIST Deprecated_FIND_COMPONENTS)
   endif()
 endif()
 
+if(NOT "${Deprecated_FIND_COMPONENTS}" STREQUAL "")
+  message(STATUS "The following deprecated component(s) could not be found: "
+                 "${Deprecated_FIND_COMPONENTS}")
+endif()
+
 set(Deprecated_FOUND True)
 set(DEPRECATED_FOUND True)