diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 39659d6469..ac67dad75c 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -752,17 +752,8 @@ if(BUSTED_LUA_PRG)
     set_target_properties(functionaltest-lua PROPERTIES FOLDER test)
 endif()
 
-#add uninstall target
-if(NOT TARGET uninstall)
-    configure_file(
-        "cmake/UninstallHelper.cmake.in"
-        "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/UninstallHelper.cmake"
-        IMMEDIATE @ONLY)
-
-    add_custom_target(uninstall
-        COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -P ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/UninstallHelper.cmake)
-endif()
-
+add_custom_target(uninstall
+  COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -P ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/UninstallHelper.cmake)
 
 if(${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR} STREQUAL ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR})
   add_subdirectory(packaging)
diff --git a/cmake/UninstallHelper.cmake b/cmake/UninstallHelper.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9a3d30af59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/UninstallHelper.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+if(NOT EXISTS "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/install_manifest.txt")
+  message(FATAL_ERROR "Cannot find install manifest: ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/install_manifest.txt")
+endif()
+
+file(STRINGS "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/install_manifest.txt" files)
+foreach(file ${files})
+  message(STATUS "Uninstalling $ENV{DESTDIR}${file}")
+  if(IS_SYMLINK "$ENV{DESTDIR}${file}" OR EXISTS "$ENV{DESTDIR}${file}")
+    file(REMOVE $ENV{DESTDIR}${file})
+  else()
+    message(STATUS "File $ENV{DESTDIR}${file} does not exist.")
+  endif()
+endforeach()
diff --git a/cmake/UninstallHelper.cmake.in b/cmake/UninstallHelper.cmake.in
deleted file mode 100644
index c2d34d4796..0000000000
--- a/cmake/UninstallHelper.cmake.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-if(NOT EXISTS "@CMAKE_BINARY_DIR@/install_manifest.txt")
-  message(FATAL_ERROR "Cannot find install manifest: @CMAKE_BINARY_DIR@/install_manifest.txt")
-endif()
-
-file(READ "@CMAKE_BINARY_DIR@/install_manifest.txt" files)
-string(REGEX REPLACE "\n" ";" files "${files}")
-foreach(file ${files})
-  message(STATUS "Uninstalling $ENV{DESTDIR}${file}")
-  if(IS_SYMLINK "$ENV{DESTDIR}${file}" OR EXISTS "$ENV{DESTDIR}${file}")
-    exec_program(
-      "@CMAKE_COMMAND@" ARGS "-E remove \"$ENV{DESTDIR}${file}\""
-      OUTPUT_VARIABLE rm_out
-      RETURN_VALUE rm_retval
-      )
-    if(NOT "${rm_retval}" STREQUAL 0)
-      message(FATAL_ERROR "Problem when removing $ENV{DESTDIR}${file}")
-    endif()
-  else(IS_SYMLINK "$ENV{DESTDIR}${file}" OR EXISTS "$ENV{DESTDIR}${file}")
-    message(STATUS "File $ENV{DESTDIR}${file} does not exist.")
-  endif()
-endforeach()