diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 25f70747117..5bd4820ee23 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.4)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.6.0)
 
 # root CMakeLists for the SuperTuxKart project
 project(SuperTuxKart)
@@ -6,10 +6,6 @@ set(PROJECT_VERSION "git")
 
 add_definitions( -DSUPERTUXKART_VERSION="${PROJECT_VERSION}" )
 
-if(NOT (CMAKE_MAJOR_VERSION VERSION_LESS 3))
-  cmake_policy(SET CMP0043 OLD)
-endif()
-
 set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH} "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake")
 include(CMakeDependentOption)
 
diff --git a/lib/enet/CMakeLists.txt b/lib/enet/CMakeLists.txt
index 4176552c730..41cd842f5e8 100644
--- a/lib/enet/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lib/enet/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.6)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.6.0)
 
 project(enet)
 
diff --git a/lib/graphics_utils/CMakeLists.txt b/lib/graphics_utils/CMakeLists.txt
index 893624dfc3e..11230060a02 100644
--- a/lib/graphics_utils/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lib/graphics_utils/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.6)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.6.0)
 include_directories("${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/lib/simd_wrapper")
 if (UNIX OR MINGW)
     add_definitions(-O3)
diff --git a/lib/libsquish/CMakeLists.txt b/lib/libsquish/CMakeLists.txt
index f271694d67a..6b5541e38fe 100644
--- a/lib/libsquish/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lib/libsquish/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 #   Unix and VS: SSE2 support is enabled by default
 #    use BUILD_SQUISH_WITH_SSE2 and BUILD_SQUISH_WITH_ALTIVEC to override
 
-CMAKE_MINIMUM_REQUIRED(VERSION 2.8.3)
+CMAKE_MINIMUM_REQUIRED(VERSION 3.6.0)
 
 OPTION(BUILD_SQUISH_WITH_OPENMP "Build with OpenMP." OFF)
 
diff --git a/lib/mcpp/CMakeLists.txt b/lib/mcpp/CMakeLists.txt
index 4deddcae38d..d73810c8eec 100644
--- a/lib/mcpp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lib/mcpp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.6)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.6.0)
 if (UNIX OR MINGW)
     add_definitions(-O3)
     if (APPLE)
diff --git a/lib/tinygettext/CMakeLists.txt b/lib/tinygettext/CMakeLists.txt
index 5a67ab425d9..52d581fefa2 100644
--- a/lib/tinygettext/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lib/tinygettext/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ set(VERSION "0.1.0")
 
 ### CMake configuration
 
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.4)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.6.0)
 if(COMMAND cmake_policy)
 	CMAKE_POLICY(SET CMP0003 NEW)
 endif(COMMAND cmake_policy)
diff --git a/lib/wiiuse/CMakeLists.txt b/lib/wiiuse/CMakeLists.txt
index e56a750ae28..61160361d6b 100644
--- a/lib/wiiuse/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lib/wiiuse/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,13 +2,7 @@
 # http://academic.cleardefinition.com/
 # Iowa State University HCI Graduate Program/VRAC
 
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.0)
-
-# Added for STK, silences CMake warning
-# See https://github.com/supertuxkart/stk-code/commit/b0ff15873ee7fa8901672672b47def9039a5534b#diff-a3e272598233e89e4b577a434cc2a89d
-if(NOT (CMAKE_MAJOR_VERSION VERSION_LESS 3))
-  cmake_policy(SET CMP0048 OLD)
-endif()
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.6.0)
 
 # Set package properties
 project(WiiUse)