diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index b8d2bb5a5..1d055e957 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -64,8 +64,6 @@ function(configureProject)
 	endif()
 endfunction()
 
-set(CPPETHEREUM 1)
-
 function(createBuildInfo)
 	# Set build platform; to be written to BuildInfo.h
 	set(ETH_BUILD_PLATFORM "${TARGET_PLATFORM}")
@@ -118,7 +116,6 @@ macro(eth_format_option O)
 endmacro()
 
 # Normalise build options
-eth_format_option(JSONRPC)
 eth_format_option(ETHASHCL)
 eth_format_option(ETHASHCUDA)
 eth_format_option(ETHSTRATUM)
@@ -149,10 +146,6 @@ message("-----------------------------------------------------------------------
 message("--                  CMake Version                            ${CMAKE_VERSION}")
 message("-- CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE Build type                               ${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}")
 message("-- TARGET_PLATFORM  Target platform                          ${TARGET_PLATFORM}")
-message("--------------------------------------------------------------- features")
-message("--                  Chromium support                         ${ETH_HAVE_WEBENGINE}")
-message("--                  HTTP Request support                     ${CURL_FOUND}")
-message("-- JSONRPC          JSON-RPC support                         ${JSONRPC}")
 message("------------------------------------------------------------- components")
 message("-- ETHASHCL         Build OpenCL components                  ${ETHASHCL}")
 message("-- ETHASHCUDA       Build CUDA components                    ${ETHASHCUDA}")
@@ -160,13 +153,8 @@ message("-- ETHSTRATUM       Build Stratum components                 ${ETHSTRAT
 message("------------------------------------------------------------------------")
 message("")
 
-if (NOT "${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID}" MATCHES "MSVC")
-set(CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT pthread)
-endif()
-
 include(EthCompilerSettings)
 
-message("creating build info...")
 createBuildInfo()
 
 add_subdirectory(libdevcore)