diff --git a/cmake/ParseArguments.cmake b/cmake/ParseArguments.cmake
index 0abf43b2..adab8f41 100644
--- a/cmake/ParseArguments.cmake
+++ b/cmake/ParseArguments.cmake
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 # From http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMakeMacroParseArguments
 
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.6)
-
 MACRO(PARSE_ARGUMENTS prefix arg_names option_names)
   SET(DEFAULT_ARGS)
   FOREACH(arg_name ${arg_names})
diff --git a/cmake/Translations.cmake b/cmake/Translations.cmake
index 34add0d4..a52c9b82 100644
--- a/cmake/Translations.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Translations.cmake
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.0)
-
 find_program(GETTEXT_XGETTEXT_EXECUTABLE xgettext)
 if(NOT GETTEXT_XGETTEXT_EXECUTABLE)
   message(FATAL_ERROR "Could not find xgettext executable")