diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 6e6675ae67..4de7411c24 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -29,9 +29,6 @@ if(COMMAND cmake_policy)
 	if(POLICY CMP0053)
 		cmake_policy(SET CMP0053 OLD) # Simplify variable reference and escape sequence evaluation.
 	endif()
-	if(POLICY CMP0026)
-		cmake_policy(SET CMP0026 OLD) # Allow using the LOCATION target property.
-	endif()
 	if(POLICY CMP0037)
 		cmake_policy(SET CMP0037 OLD)  # Allow defining target "test"
 	endif()
diff --git a/doc/CMakeLists.txt b/doc/CMakeLists.txt
index c2c7c48430..875deec6aa 100644
--- a/doc/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/doc/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ FIND_PACKAGE(Doxygen)
 # documentation_performance_html
 # --------------------------------
 if(TARGET mrpt-perfdata2html)
-	GET_TARGET_PROPERTY(PERF2HTML_GENERATED_EXE mrpt-perfdata2html LOCATION)
+	SET(PERF2HTML_GENERATED_EXE "$<TARGET_FILE:mrpt-perfdata2html>")
 	add_custom_target(documentation_performance_html
 		COMMAND 		${PERF2HTML_GENERATED_EXE} "${MRPT_SOURCE_DIR}/doc/perf-data/"
 		WORKING_DIRECTORY	${MRPT_SOURCE_DIR}/
diff --git a/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index cfcc7b9d25..0860b78725 100644
--- a/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ ENDIF ()
 
 
 	# Run it:
-	GET_TARGET_PROPERTY(GENERATED_EXE test_${_TSTLIB} LOCATION)
+	SET(GENERATED_EXE "$<TARGET_FILE:test_${_TSTLIB}>")
 	ADD_CUSTOM_TARGET(run_tests_${_TSTLIB} COMMAND "${GENERATED_EXE}")
 	ADD_DEPENDENCIES(run_tests_${_TSTLIB} test_${_TSTLIB})
 	ADD_DEPENDENCIES(test run_tests_${_TSTLIB})