diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f20d069..2800167 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 #
 
 
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.12)
 
 project(thrift)
 
diff --git a/compiler/cpp/CMakeLists.txt b/compiler/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
index ddbe9ea..5642d16 100644
--- a/compiler/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/compiler/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -17,9 +17,6 @@
 # under the License.
 #
 
-
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)
-
 # Windows has a different header
 if(MSVC)
     set(FLEX_FLAGS "--wincompat") # Don't use unistd.h on windows
diff --git a/lib/c_glib/CMakeLists.txt b/lib/c_glib/CMakeLists.txt
index b5cb696..2c0ce76 100644
--- a/lib/c_glib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lib/c_glib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -17,9 +17,6 @@
 # under the License.
 #
 
-
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)
-
 # Find required packages
 find_package(GLIB REQUIRED COMPONENTS gobject)
 include_directories(${GLIB_INCLUDE_DIRS})
diff --git a/lib/cpp/CMakeLists.txt b/lib/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
index 9075c56..82cd042 100755
--- a/lib/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lib/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -17,9 +17,6 @@
 # under the License.
 #
 
-
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)
-
 # Find required packages
 if(WITH_BOOSTTHREADS)
   find_package(Boost 1.53.0 REQUIRED COMPONENTS system thread)
@@ -171,7 +168,6 @@
 endif()
 
 if(WITH_QT4)
-    cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.12)
     set(CMAKE_AUTOMOC ON)
     find_package(Qt4 REQUIRED COMPONENTS QtCore QtNetwork)
     ADD_LIBRARY_THRIFT(thriftqt ${thriftcppqt_SOURCES})
diff --git a/lib/cpp/src/thrift/qt/CMakeLists.txt b/lib/cpp/src/thrift/qt/CMakeLists.txt
index 1758b3e..c657938 100644
--- a/lib/cpp/src/thrift/qt/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lib/cpp/src/thrift/qt/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -17,9 +17,6 @@
 # under the License.
 #
 
-
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.12)
-
 set( thriftcppqt5_SOURCES
     TQIODeviceTransport.cpp
     TQTcpServer.cpp
diff --git a/lib/cpp/test/CMakeLists.txt b/lib/cpp/test/CMakeLists.txt
index a1c44c3..721053a 100644
--- a/lib/cpp/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lib/cpp/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -236,7 +236,6 @@
 endif()
 
 if(WITH_QT4)
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.12)
 set(CMAKE_AUTOMOC ON)
 find_package(Qt4 REQUIRED COMPONENTS QtTest)
 set(TQTcpServerTest_SOURCES
diff --git a/lib/cpp/test/qt/CMakeLists.txt b/lib/cpp/test/qt/CMakeLists.txt
index e899791..00f2ddb 100644
--- a/lib/cpp/test/qt/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lib/cpp/test/qt/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -17,9 +17,6 @@
 # under the License.
 #
 
-
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.12)
-
 set(CMAKE_AUTOMOC ON)
 find_package(Qt5 REQUIRED COMPONENTS Test)
 set(TQTcpServerTest_Qt5_SOURCES
diff --git a/lib/java/CMakeLists.txt b/lib/java/CMakeLists.txt
index e915078..ba11f34 100644
--- a/lib/java/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lib/java/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -17,9 +17,6 @@
 # under the License.
 #
 
-
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)
-
 if(IS_ABSOLUTE "${LIB_INSTALL_DIR}")
     set(JAVA_INSTALL_DIR "${LIB_INSTALL_DIR}/java")
 else()