diff --git a/cmake/CMakeLists.txt b/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
index bf15cb0df36b122d044a478dc5c31bf287063e31..ff16a274af757cac6b3e01d8141af4365b80865c 100644
--- a/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-project(Phoenix)
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)
 
 include(createLinuxPackages.cmake)
 include(phoenix_base_project.cmake)
diff --git a/doc/CMakeLists.txt b/doc/CMakeLists.txt
index 0d1c4d9fbdd35f6e3849ca1116b8097ecd0da09e..fa7e90b99c4ff708a760237660e58a0196b9cee8 100644
--- a/doc/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/doc/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-project(Phoenix)
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)
 
 phoenix_create_doc(PhoenixFileBinaryAnalyzer Doxyfile.cmake)
 
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index a3ea38e71a2f3569ae1d1cc234c9fdaec8642fe0..aca2cfbd1d958413605dac7c7a8f5b693811c647 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-project(Phoenix)
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)
 
 find_package(HDF5 COMPONENTS C CXX REQUIRED)