diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index bc4343ca8a..f558f3f98f 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
-cmake_policy(VERSION 3.4)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.4)
 
 # secp256k1
 #==============================================================================
 project(secp256k1
   VERSION 0.1
   LANGUAGES C)
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.4)
 
 # Process options.
 #==============================================================================