diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index ac6b835a8..ae4c9b7af 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -436,16 +436,15 @@ ENDIF(BUILD_QtDialog)
 # since this one has much better RPATH features than cmake 2.2.
 # The executables are then built with the RPATH for the libraries outside
 # the build tree, which is both the build and the install RPATH.
-IF (UNIX  AND  "${CMAKE_MAJOR_VERSION}${CMAKE_MINOR_VERSION}" GREATER 23)
+IF (UNIX)
   IF(   CMAKE_USE_SYSTEM_CURL   OR  CMAKE_USE_SYSTEM_ZLIB
         OR  CMAKE_USE_SYSTEM_EXPAT  OR  CMAKE_USE_SYSTEM_XMLRPC  OR  CURSES_NEED_RPATH  OR  QT_NEED_RPATH)
     SET(CMAKE_SKIP_RPATH OFF CACHE INTERNAL "CMake built with RPATH.")
     SET(CMAKE_INSTALL_RPATH_USE_LINK_PATH TRUE)
     SET(CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_INSTALL_RPATH TRUE)
-    MESSAGE(STATUS "Enabling RPATH")
   ENDIF(CMAKE_USE_SYSTEM_CURL   OR  CMAKE_USE_SYSTEM_ZLIB
         OR  CMAKE_USE_SYSTEM_EXPAT  OR  CMAKE_USE_SYSTEM_XMLRPC  OR  CURSES_NEED_RPATH  OR  QT_NEED_RPATH)
-ENDIF (UNIX  AND  "${CMAKE_MAJOR_VERSION}${CMAKE_MINOR_VERSION}" GREATER 23)
+ENDIF (UNIX)
 
 
 # should we build the MFC dialog? (a macro defined in this file)