diff --git a/core/CMakeLists.txt b/core/CMakeLists.txt
index 1edf7e00d..a3e0263b2 100644
--- a/core/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/core/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-project(KDEConnectCore)
-
 add_definitions(-DTRANSLATION_DOMAIN=\"kdeconnect-core\")
 
 set(KDECONNECT_PRIVATE_DBUS_ADDR unix:path=/tmp/kdeconnect-dbus)
diff --git a/daemon/CMakeLists.txt b/daemon/CMakeLists.txt
index 5eb9ae628..5d81ef3b6 100644
--- a/daemon/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/daemon/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-project(kdeconnectd)
-
 add_definitions(-DTRANSLATION_DOMAIN="kdeconnect-kded")
 
 add_executable(kdeconnectd kdeconnectd.cpp)
diff --git a/interfaces/CMakeLists.txt b/interfaces/CMakeLists.txt
index 9fa3bc1d1..ec76bea9f 100644
--- a/interfaces/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/interfaces/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-project(KDEConnectInterfaces)
-
 function(geninterface source_h output_h)
     set(xml_file ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${output_h}.xml)
     qt5_generate_dbus_interface( ${source_h} ${xml_file})
diff --git a/kcmplugin/CMakeLists.txt b/kcmplugin/CMakeLists.txt
index d01b902a6..f95e33cda 100644
--- a/kcmplugin/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/kcmplugin/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-project(kdeconnectpluginkcm)
-
 add_definitions(-DTRANSLATION_DOMAIN=\"kdeconnect-core\")
 
 add_library(kdeconnectpluginkcm kdeconnectpluginkcm.cpp)