diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c7090d01..0773cecc 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.4)
+
 # where to look first for cmake modules, before ${CMAKE_ROOT}/Modules/ is checked
 list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake")
 list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/modules")
@@ -7,20 +9,6 @@ set(CMAKE_LEGACY_CYGWIN_WIN32 0)
 
 project(dbus)
 
-# we need to be up to date
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.4 FATAL_ERROR)
-if(COMMAND cmake_policy)
-    cmake_policy(SET CMP0003 NEW)
-endif()
-
-if(CMAKE_MAJOR_VERSION GREATER 2)
-    cmake_policy(SET CMP0026 NEW)
-    if(CMAKE_MAJOR_VERSION GREATER 4 OR CMAKE_MINOR_VERSION GREATER 1)
-        cmake_policy(SET CMP0053 NEW)
-        cmake_policy(SET CMP0054 NEW)
-    endif()
-endif()
-
 option(DBUS_BUILD_TESTS "enable unit test code" ON)
 
 # detect version
diff --git a/README.cmake b/README.cmake
index 281b730d..03e5f27b 100644
--- a/README.cmake
+++ b/README.cmake
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ This file describes how to compile dbus using the cmake build system
 
 Requirements
 ------------
-- cmake version >= 2.6.0 see http://www.cmake.org
+- cmake version >= 3.4 see http://www.cmake.org
 - installed libexpat see http://sourceforge.net/projects/expat/ 
     unsupported RelWithDebInfo builds could be fetched 
     from http://sourceforge.net/projects/kde-windows/files/expat/