diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index b04b2a5ab..000000000
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.6)
-project (core C)
-
-enable_testing()
-
-add_subdirectory (../dependencies "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/dependencies")
-add_subdirectory (src eressea)
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 633509d2d..7591a9f25 100755
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -13,12 +13,6 @@ set (ERESSEA_INCLUDE_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} CACHE INTERNAL "Eressea Cor
 
 add_subdirectory(bindings)
 
-find_package (Lua 5 REQUIRED)
-find_package (ToLua REQUIRED)
-find_package (LibXml2 REQUIRED)
-find_package (Curses REQUIRED)
-find_package (SQLite3 REQUIRED)
-
 set (ERESSEA_LIBRARIES
   ${CUTEST_LIBRARIES}
   ${CRITBIT_LIBRARIES}