diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a13afa1a0..761ad208e 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -589,14 +589,3 @@ install(
 
 # Install auxiliary files integrating with other tools.
 add_subdirectory(Auxiliary)
-
-#-----------------------------------------------------------------------
-# End of the main section of the CMakeLists file
-#-----------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-# As a special case when building CMake itself, CMake 2.8.0 and below
-# look up EXECUTABLE_OUTPUT_PATH in the top-level CMakeLists.txt file
-# to compute the location of the "cmake" executable.  We set it here
-# so that those CMake versions can find it.  We wait until after all
-# the add_subdirectory() calls to avoid affecting the subdirectories.
-set(EXECUTABLE_OUTPUT_PATH ${CMake_BIN_DIR})