diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 98f3d902feab26a25dfd6ec457784a32ef940c62..756d692e5c8a4f308eb2679b517b9b58cab6e435 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -71,78 +71,6 @@ set(CMAKE_INSTALL_NAME_DIR "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/lib")
 # directories outside the build tree to the install RPATH
 set(CMAKE_INSTALL_RPATH_USE_LINK_PATH TRUE)
 
-# Set directory variables
-if(NOT BIN_DIR)
-  set(BIN_DIR bin)
-endif(NOT BIN_DIR)
-
-if(NOT LIB_DIR)
-  set(LIB_DIR lib)
-endif(NOT LIB_DIR)
-
-# Output directories - this is where built library and executable
-# files will be placed after building but prior to install.  The
-# necessary variables change between single and multi configuration
-# build systems, so it is necessary to handle both cases on a
-# conditional basis.
-
-if(NOT CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES)
-  # If we're not doing multi-configuration, just set the three main
-  # variables to the correct values.
-  if(NOT CMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY)
-    set(CMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${VegaFEM_BINARY_DIR}/${LIB_DIR} CACHE INTERNAL "Single output directory for building all libraries.")
-  endif(NOT CMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY)
-  if(NOT CMAKE_ARCHIVE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY)
-    set(CMAKE_ARCHIVE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${VegaFEM_BINARY_DIR}/${LIB_DIR} CACHE INTERNAL "Single output directory for building all archives.")
-  endif(NOT CMAKE_ARCHIVE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY)
-  if(NOT CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY)
-    set(CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${VegaFEM_BINARY_DIR}/${BIN_DIR} CACHE INTERNAL "Single output directory for building all executables.")
-  endif(NOT CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY)
-else(NOT CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES)
-  # Multi-configuration is more difficult.  Not only do we need to
-  # properly set the output directories, but we also need to
-  # identify the "toplevel" directory for each configuration so
-  # we can place files, documentation, etc. in the correct
-  # relative positions.  Because files may be placed by CMake
-  # without a build target to put them in their proper relative build
-  # directory position using these paths, we must fully qualify them
-  # without using CMAKE_CFG_INTDIR.
-  #
-  # We define directories that may not be quite "standard"
-  # for a particular build tool - for example, native VS2010 projects use
-  # another directory to denote CPU type being compiled for - but CMake only
-  # supports multi-configuration setups having multiple configurations,
-  # not multiple compilers.
-  #
-  # One additional wrinkle we must watch for here is the case where
-  # a multi-configuration setup uses "." for its internal directory -
-  # if that's the case, we need to just set the various config output
-  # directories to the same value.
-  set(CFG_ROOT ${VegaFEM_BINARY_DIR})
-  foreach(CFG_TYPE ${CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES})
-    if(NOT "${CMAKE_CFG_INTDIR}" STREQUAL ".")
-      set(CFG_ROOT ${VegaFEM_BINARY_DIR}/${CFG_TYPE})
-    endif(NOT "${CMAKE_CFG_INTDIR}" STREQUAL ".")
-    string(TOUPPER "${CFG_TYPE}" CFG_TYPE_UPPER)
-    if(NOT "CMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY_${CFG_TYPE_UPPER}")
-      set("CMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY_${CFG_TYPE_UPPER}" ${CFG_ROOT}/${LIB_DIR} CACHE INTERNAL "Single output directory for building ${CFG_TYPE} libraries.")
-    endif(NOT "CMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY_${CFG_TYPE_UPPER}")
-    if(NOT "CMAKE_ARCHIVE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY_${CFG_TYPE_UPPER}")
-      set("CMAKE_ARCHIVE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY_${CFG_TYPE_UPPER}" ${CFG_ROOT}/${LIB_DIR} CACHE INTERNAL "Single output directory for building ${CFG_TYPE} archives.")
-    endif(NOT "CMAKE_ARCHIVE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY_${CFG_TYPE_UPPER}")
-    if(NOT "CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY_${CFG_TYPE_UPPER}")
-      set("CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY_${CFG_TYPE_UPPER}" ${CFG_ROOT}/${BIN_DIR} CACHE INTERNAL "Single output directory for building ${CFG_TYPE} executables.")
-    endif(NOT "CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY_${CFG_TYPE_UPPER}")
-    if(NOT "CMAKE_BINARY_DIR_${CFG_TYPE_UPPER}")
-      set("CMAKE_BINARY_DIR_${CFG_TYPE_UPPER}" ${CFG_ROOT} CACHE INTERNAL "Toplevel binary dir for ${CFG_TYPE} building.")
-    endif(NOT "CMAKE_BINARY_DIR_${CFG_TYPE_UPPER}")
-    if(NOT "VegaFEM_BINARY_DIR_${CFG_TYPE_UPPER}")
-      set("VegaFEM_BINARY_DIR_${CFG_TYPE_UPPER}" ${CFG_ROOT} CACHE INTERNAL "Toplevel binary dir for ${CFG_TYPE} building.")
-    endif(NOT "VegaFEM_BINARY_DIR_${CFG_TYPE_UPPER}")
-  endforeach()
-endif(NOT CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES)
-
-
 if (VegaFEM_ENABLE_OpenGL_SUPPORT)
   find_package(OpenGL REQUIRED)
   find_package(GLUT REQUIRED)