diff --git a/swaybar/CMakeLists.txt b/swaybar/CMakeLists.txt
index ea35134f..c14b5f75 100644
--- a/swaybar/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/swaybar/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,16 +1,14 @@
-project(swaybar)
-
 find_package(Wayland REQUIRED)
 find_package(Cairo REQUIRED)
 find_package(Pango REQUIRED)
 
 include(Wayland)
 WAYLAND_ADD_PROTOCOL_CLIENT(proto-xdg-shell
-	${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/../protocols/xdg-shell.xml
+	../protocols/xdg-shell.xml
 	xdg-shell
 )
 WAYLAND_ADD_PROTOCOL_CLIENT(proto-desktop-shell
-	${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/../protocols/desktop-shell.xml
+	../protocols/desktop-shell.xml
 	desktop-shell
 )
 
@@ -21,9 +19,9 @@ include_directories(
 	${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}
 )
 
-file(GLOB sources ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/*.c)
-file(GLOB common ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/../common/*.c)
-file(GLOB wl_sources ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/../wayland/*.c)
+file(GLOB sources *.c)
+file(GLOB common ../common/*.c)
+file(GLOB wl_sources ../wayland/*.c)
 
 add_executable(swaybar
 	${sources}
diff --git a/swaybg/CMakeLists.txt b/swaybg/CMakeLists.txt
index 8016d959..9d3cc547 100644
--- a/swaybg/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/swaybg/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,16 +1,14 @@
-project(swaybg)
-
 find_package(Wayland REQUIRED)
 find_package(Cairo REQUIRED)
 find_package(Pango REQUIRED)
 
 include(Wayland)
 WAYLAND_ADD_PROTOCOL_CLIENT(proto-xdg-shell
-	${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/../protocols/xdg-shell.xml
+	../protocols/xdg-shell.xml
 	xdg-shell
 )
 WAYLAND_ADD_PROTOCOL_CLIENT(proto-desktop-shell
-	${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/../protocols/desktop-shell.xml
+	../protocols/desktop-shell.xml
 	desktop-shell
 )
 
@@ -21,9 +19,9 @@ include_directories(
 	${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}
 )
 
-file(GLOB sources ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/*.c)
-file(GLOB common ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/../common/*.c)
-file(GLOB wl_sources ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/../wayland/*.c)
+file(GLOB sources *.c)
+file(GLOB common ../common/*.c)
+file(GLOB wl_sources ../wayland/*.c)
 
 add_executable(swaybg
 	${sources}
diff --git a/swaygrab/CMakeLists.txt b/swaygrab/CMakeLists.txt
index efe8986b..77d96412 100644
--- a/swaygrab/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/swaygrab/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
-project(swaygrab)
-
-file(GLOB sources ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/*.c)
-file(GLOB common ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/../common/*.c)
+file(GLOB sources *.c)
+file(GLOB common ../common/*.c)
 
 add_executable(swaygrab
 	${sources}
diff --git a/swaymsg/CMakeLists.txt b/swaymsg/CMakeLists.txt
index 2671dc2c..7616d942 100644
--- a/swaymsg/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/swaymsg/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
-project(swaymsg)
-
-file(GLOB sources ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/*.c)
-file(GLOB common ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/../common/*.c)
+file(GLOB sources *.c)
+file(GLOB common ../common/*.c)
 
 add_executable(swaymsg
 	${sources}