diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index dcc05da1be..c9bde3e19c 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,37 +6,9 @@
 
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.1.0)
 
-## set PATH=C:/Strawberry/perl/bin/;%PATH%
-## set PATH=C:\Users\Thibaut\Anaconda3;%PATH%
-## set PATH=C:\Program Files\CMake\bin;%PATH%
-## D:
-## cd LyX\lyx-unstable\cmake-build-debug
-## ctest -j4 -R .*docbook5
-
-set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
 set(GNUWIN32_DIR D:/LyX/lyx-unstable/lyx-windows-deps-msvc2017)
-set(LYX_USE_QT "QT5")
-set(LYX_REQUIRE_SPELLCHECK true)
-set(LYX_ENABLE_EXPORT_TESTS 1)
-
-set(QT_DIR D:/Qt/5.15.0/msvc2019_64)
-set(QT5_DIR D:/Qt/5.15.0/msvc2019_64)
-set(QT_MKSPECS_DIR D:/Qt/5.15.0/msvc2019_64/mkspecs)
-set(Qt5Concurrent_DIR D:/Qt/5.15.0/msvc2019_64/lib/cmake/Qt5Concurrent)
-set(Qt5Core_DIR D:/Qt/5.15.0/msvc2019_64/lib/cmake/Qt5Core)
-set(Qt5Gui_DIR D:/Qt/5.15.0/msvc2019_64/lib/cmake/Qt5Gui)
-set(Qt5Svg_DIR D:/Qt/5.15.0/msvc2019_64/lib/cmake/Qt5Svg)
-set(Qt5Widgets_DIR D:/Qt/5.15.0/msvc2019_64/lib/cmake/Qt5Widgets)
-set(Qt5WinExtras_DIR D:/Qt/5.15.0/msvc2019_64/lib/cmake/Qt5WinExtras)
-
-LIST(PREPEND CMAKE_PROGRAM_PATH  "C:/Strawberry/perl/bin")
-LIST(PREPEND CMAKE_PROGRAM_PATH  "C:/Strawberry/c/bin")
-LIST(PREPEND CMAKE_PROGRAM_PATH  "C:/Users/Thibaut/Anaconda3")
-set(PERL_EXECUTABLE "C:/Strawberry/perl/bin/perl.exe")
-set(JAVA_EXECUTABLE "C:/Program Files/Java/jdk-15/bin/java.exe")
 
 set(LYX_PROJECT LyX)
-
 # Instruct cmake to not use gnu extensions,
 # this prevents the mix of '-std=c++*' and '-std=gnu++*' flags
 set(CMAKE_CXX_EXTENSIONS OFF)