diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 7ab2a7d2..ef0ee424 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@ if(NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
 endif(NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
 
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.1.3)
-include ( CMakePackageConfigHelpers )
-
 if(NOT WIN32)
     option( USE_NATIVE_ARCH  "build which -march=native" ON)
 endif(NOT WIN32)
@@ -458,19 +456,8 @@ add_custom_target(uninstall
 # Generate package config file
 get_directory_property(NETGEN_COMPILE_DEFINITIONS COMPILE_DEFINITIONS)
 
-# use relative paths to libraries (needed on Windows/MacOS, when we provide some dependencies ourselves)
-list(APPEND CONFIGURE_PATH_VARS ZLIB_INCLUDE_DIRS ZLIB_LIBRARIES)
-if(USE_OCC)
-list(APPEND CONFIGURE_PATH_VARS OCC_INCLUDE_DIR OCC_LIBRARIES_BIN OCC_LIBRARIES OCC_LIBRARY_DIR)
-endif()
-if(USE_GUI)
-list(APPEND CONFIGURE_PATH_VARS TCL_INCLUDE_PATH TCL_LIBRARY TK_INCLUDE_PATH TK_LIBRARY LIBTOGL)
-endif()
-configure_package_config_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/NetgenConfig.cmake.in
-	${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/NetgenConfig.cmake INSTALL_DESTINATION ${NG_INSTALL_DIR_CMAKE}
-	PATH_VARS
-	${CONFIGURE_PATH_VARS}
-	)
+configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/NetgenConfig.cmake.in
+    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/NetgenConfig.cmake @ONLY ESCAPE_QUOTES)
 
 install(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/NetgenConfig.cmake DESTINATION ${NG_INSTALL_DIR_CMAKE} COMPONENT netgen_devel)
 
diff --git a/cmake/NetgenConfig.cmake.in b/cmake/NetgenConfig.cmake.in
index 43f67920..4c5217b8 100644
--- a/cmake/NetgenConfig.cmake.in
+++ b/cmake/NetgenConfig.cmake.in
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-@PACKAGE_INIT@
-
 set(NETGEN_VERSION "@NETGEN_VERSION@")
 
 get_filename_component(NETGEN_CMAKE_DIR "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_FILE}" PATH)
@@ -27,23 +25,23 @@ set(NETGEN_METIS_LIBRARY "@METIS_LIBRARY@")
 set(NETGEN_MKL_LIBRARIES "@MKL_LIBRARIES@")
 set(NETGEN_MPI_CXX_INCLUDE_PATH "@MPI_CXX_INCLUDE_PATH@")
 set(NETGEN_MPI_CXX_LIBRARIES "@MPI_CXX_LIBRARIES@")
-set(NETGEN_OCC_INCLUDE_DIR "@PACKAGE_OCC_INCLUDE_DIR@")
-set(NETGEN_OCC_LIBRARIES_BIN "@PACKAGE_OCC_LIBRARIES_BIN@")
-set(NETGEN_OCC_LIBRARIES "@PACKAGE_OCC_LIBRARIES@")
-set(NETGEN_OCC_LIBRARY_DIR "@PACKAGE_OCC_LIBRARY_DIR@")
+set(NETGEN_OCC_INCLUDE_DIR "@OCC_INCLUDE_DIR@")
+set(NETGEN_OCC_LIBRARIES_BIN "@OCC_LIBRARIES_BIN@")
+set(NETGEN_OCC_LIBRARIES "@OCC_LIBRARIES@")
+set(NETGEN_OCC_LIBRARY_DIR "@OCC_LIBRARY_DIR@")
 set(NETGEN_OPENGL_LIBRARIES "@OPENGL_LIBRARIES@")
 set(NETGEN_PYTHON_EXECUTABLE "@PYTHON_EXECUTABLE@")
 set(NETGEN_PYTHON_INCLUDE_DIRS "@PYTHON_INCLUDE_DIRS@")
 set(NETGEN_PYTHON_LIBRARIES "@PYTHON_LIBRARIES@")
-set(NETGEN_TCL_INCLUDE_PATH "@PACKAGE_TCL_INCLUDE_PATH@")
-set(NETGEN_TCL_LIBRARY "@PACKAGE_TCL_LIBRARY@")
+set(NETGEN_TCL_INCLUDE_PATH "@TCL_INCLUDE_PATH@")
+set(NETGEN_TCL_LIBRARY "@TCL_LIBRARY@")
 set(NETGEN_TK_DND_LIBRARY "@TK_DND_LIBRARY@")
 set(NETGEN_TK_INCLUDE_PATH "@TK_INCLUDE_PATH@")
 set(NETGEN_TK_LIBRARY "@TK_LIBRARY@")
 set(NETGEN_X11_X11_LIB "@X11_X11_LIB@")
 set(NETGEN_X11_Xmu_LIB "@X11_Xmu_LIB@")
-set(NETGEN_ZLIB_INCLUDE_DIRS "@PACKAGE_ZLIB_INCLUDE_DIRS@")
-set(NETGEN_ZLIB_LIBRARIES "@PACKAGE_ZLIB_LIBRARIES@")
+set(NETGEN_ZLIB_INCLUDE_DIRS "@ZLIB_INCLUDE_DIRS@")
+set(NETGEN_ZLIB_LIBRARIES "@ZLIB_LIBRARIES@")
 
 set(NETGEN_USE_GUI @USE_GUI@)
 set(NETGEN_USE_PYTHON @USE_PYTHON@)