diff --git a/scripts/cmake/CMakeSetup.cmake b/scripts/cmake/CMakeSetup.cmake
index ce54b7ea0fcf9b09f85a8da83b5444de03412d48..0aaa3cdd79b3533e60e61c77c8e680386e674850 100644
--- a/scripts/cmake/CMakeSetup.cmake
+++ b/scripts/cmake/CMakeSetup.cmake
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH}
 include(UseBackportedModules)
 include(OptionRequires)
 include(CppcheckTargets)
-include(GetCompilerInfoString)
 include(AddVtkDependency)
 
 include(ProcessorCount)
diff --git a/scripts/cmake/CompilerSetup.cmake b/scripts/cmake/CompilerSetup.cmake
index 95fd41976ebaf3e66f7a1a4a45c8298111657d31..5ede98b33b3b9c6918383cd87b92a66fc3062935 100644
--- a/scripts/cmake/CompilerSetup.cmake
+++ b/scripts/cmake/CompilerSetup.cmake
@@ -51,9 +51,8 @@ endif()
 
 ### GNU C/CXX compiler
 if(COMPILER_IS_GCC)
-    get_gcc_version(GCC_VERSION)
-    if(GCC_VERSION VERSION_LESS "4.9")
-        message(FATAL_ERROR "GCC minimum required version is 4.9! You are using ${GCC_VERSION}.")
+    if(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_LESS "4.9")
+        message(FATAL_ERROR "GCC minimum required version is 4.9! You are using ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION}.")
     endif()
     if(NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug")
         message(STATUS "Set GCC release flags")
diff --git a/scripts/cmake/cmake/GetCompilerInfoString.cmake b/scripts/cmake/cmake/GetCompilerInfoString.cmake
deleted file mode 100644
index 6b5da92323a44c0fa7a2d6a6be68ae7d29c06057..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/scripts/cmake/cmake/GetCompilerInfoString.cmake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,181 +0,0 @@
-# - Utility function to return a human-useful-only string ID'ing the compiler
-#
-#  get_compiler_info_string(<resultvar>)
-#
-# and some helper functions:
-#  get_gcc_version(<resultvar>)
-#  get_vs_short_version_string(<generator> <resultvar>)
-#
-# You might consider using it when setting up CTest options, for example:
-#  include(GetCompilerInfoString)
-#  get_compiler_info_string(COMPILERID)
-#  set(CTEST_BUILD_NAME "${CMAKE_SYSTEM}-${CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR}-${COMPILERID}")
-#
-# Requires these CMake modules:
-#  no additional modules required
-#
-# Original Author:
-# 2010 Ryan Pavlik <rpavlik@iastate.edu> <abiryan@ryand.net>
-# http://academic.cleardefinition.com
-# Iowa State University HCI Graduate Program/VRAC
-#
-# Copyright Iowa State University 2009-2010.
-# Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0.
-# (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
-# http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
-#
-# Some functions based on cmake-2.8.0 modules FindBoost.cmake and CTest.cmake
-#=============================================================================
-# Copyright 2006-2009 Kitware, Inc.
-# Copyright 2006-2008 Andreas Schneider <mail@cynapses.org>
-# Copyright 2007      Wengo
-# Copyright 2007      Mike Jackson
-# Copyright 2008      Andreas Pakulat <apaku@gmx.de>
-# Copyright 2008-2009 Philip Lowman <philip@yhbt.com>
-# Copyright 2010      Iowa State University (Ryan Pavlik <abiryan@ryand.net>)
-#
-# Distributed under the OSI-approved BSD License (the "License");
-# see accompanying file Copyright.txt for details.
-#
-# This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the
-# implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
-# See the License for more information.
-#=============================================================================
-# CMake - Cross Platform Makefile Generator
-# Copyright 2000-2009 Kitware, Inc., Insight Software Consortium
-# All rights reserved.
-#
-# Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
-# modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
-# are met:
-#
-# * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
-#   notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
-#
-# * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
-#   notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
-#   documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
-#
-# * Neither the names of Kitware, Inc., the Insight Software Consortium,
-#   nor the names of their contributors may be used to endorse or promote
-#   products derived from this software without specific prior written
-#   permission.
-#
-# THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
-# "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
-# LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
-# A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
-# HOLDER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
-# SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
-# LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
-# DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
-# THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
-# (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
-# OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
-#=============================================================================
-
-if(__get_compiler_info_string)
-    return()
-endif()
-set(__get_compiler_info_string YES)
-
-
-function(get_compiler_info_string _var)
-    set(_out)
-
-    if(CTEST_CMAKE_GENERATOR AND NOT CMAKE_GENERATOR)
-        # We're running in CTest - use that generator.
-        set(CMAKE_GENERATOR ${CTEST_CMAKE_GENERATOR})
-    endif()
-
-    if(NOT CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER)
-        # Also for use in CTest scripts
-        include(CMakeDetermineCXXCompiler)
-    endif()
-
-    if(MSVC)
-        # Parse version for Visual Studio
-        get_vs_short_version_string("${CMAKE_GENERATOR}" _verstring)
-        if(${CMAKE_GENERATOR} MATCHES "Win64")
-            set(_verstring "${_verstring}win64")
-        endif()
-
-    elseif(CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX)
-        # Parse version for GCC
-        get_gcc_version(_gccver)
-        set(_verstring "gcc${_gccver}")
-
-    else()
-        # Some other compiler we don't handle yet.
-        message(STATUS
-            "WARNING: Not GCC or MSVC, so we invented a messy compiler info string")
-        string(REGEX REPLACE " " "_" _verstring "${CMAKE_GENERATOR}")
-        set(_verstring "generator:${_verstring}")
-    endif()
-
-    # Return _verstring
-    set(${_var} "${_verstring}" PARENT_SCOPE)
-endfunction()
-
-## Based on a function in FindBoost.cmake from CMake 2.8.0
-#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-#
-# Runs compiler with "-dumpversion" and parses major/minor
-# version with a regex.
-#
-function(get_gcc_version _var)
-    exec_program(${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER}
-        ARGS
-        ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ARG1}
-        -dumpversion
-        OUTPUT_VARIABLE
-        _compilerinfo_COMPILER_VERSION)
-
-    string(REGEX
-        MATCH
-        "([.0-9]+)"
-        "\\1"
-        _compilerinfo_COMPILER_VERSION
-        "${_compilerinfo_COMPILER_VERSION}")
-
-    set(${_var} ${_compilerinfo_COMPILER_VERSION} PARENT_SCOPE)
-endfunction()
-
-## Based on a function in CTest.cmake from CMake 2.8.0
-#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-#
-# function to turn generator name into a version string
-# like vs7 vs71 vs8 vs9
-#
-function(get_vs_short_version_string _generator _var)
-    set(_ver_string)
-    if("${_generator}" MATCHES "Visual Studio")
-        string(REGEX
-            REPLACE
-            "Visual Studio ([0-9][0-9]?)($|.*)"
-            "\\1"
-            _vsver
-            "${_generator}")
-        if("${_generator}" MATCHES "Visual Studio 7 .NET 2003")
-            # handle the weird one
-            set(_ver_string "vs71")
-        else()
-            set(_ver_string "vs${_vsver}")
-        endif()
-    elseif(MSVC)
-        if(MSVC71)
-            set(_ver_string "vs71")
-        else()
-            foreach(_ver 6 7 8 9 10)
-                if(MSVC${_ver}0)
-                    set(_ver_string "vs${_ver}")
-                    break()
-                endif()
-            endforeach()
-        endif()
-    endif()
-
-    if(_ver_string)
-        set(${_var} ${_ver_string} PARENT_SCOPE)
-    endif()
-endfunction()