diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 4ef0b8fa6f..1d65c12315 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -258,9 +258,6 @@ set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
 set(CMAKE_C_STANDARD 99)
 set(CMAKE_C_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
 set(CMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS ON)
-set(CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${PX4_BINARY_DIR})
-set(CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY_DEBUG ${PX4_BINARY_DIR})
-set(CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY_RELEASE ${PX4_BINARY_DIR})
 
 # For the catkin build process, unset build of dynamically-linked binaries
 if (CATKIN_DEVEL_PREFIX)
diff --git a/platforms/posix/CMakeLists.txt b/platforms/posix/CMakeLists.txt
index aa8a6f4df7..6784612ee8 100644
--- a/platforms/posix/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/platforms/posix/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ include_directories(${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})
 
 get_property(module_libraries GLOBAL PROPERTY PX4_MODULE_LIBRARIES)
 
-set(CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin)
-
 set(PX4_SHELL_COMMAND_PREFIX "px4-")
 
 add_definitions("-DPX4_SHELL_COMMAND_PREFIX=\"${PX4_SHELL_COMMAND_PREFIX}\"")
@@ -78,7 +76,6 @@ else()
 			${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/posix-configs
 			${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/ROMFS
 			${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/test
-			${CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}
 		DESTINATION
 			${PROJECT_NAME}
 		USE_SOURCE_PERMISSIONS
@@ -117,7 +114,6 @@ elseif ("${PX4_BOARD}" MATCHES "sitl")
 		DIRECTORY
 			${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/integrationtests
 			${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/launch
-			${CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}
 		DESTINATION
 			${PROJECT_NAME}
 		USE_SOURCE_PERMISSIONS