diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 641c6fa6..c1f3238b 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -9,11 +9,7 @@
 CMAKE_MINIMUM_REQUIRED( VERSION 3.1.0 )
 PROJECT( exiv2 )
 
-if( POLICY CMP0042 )
-    cmake_policy(SET CMP0042 NEW) # enable MACOSX_RPATH support
-else()
-    SET(CMAKE_MACOSX_RPATH 1)
-endif()
+set(CMAKE_MACOSX_RPATH 1)
 
 SET( PACKAGE_COPYRIGHT      "Andreas Huggel" )
 SET( PACKAGE_BUGREPORT      "http://github.com/exiv2/exiv2" )