diff --git a/googletest/cmake/internal_utils.cmake b/googletest/cmake/internal_utils.cmake
index ca76f42d7..e0eb140f7 100644
--- a/googletest/cmake/internal_utils.cmake
+++ b/googletest/cmake/internal_utils.cmake
@@ -167,14 +167,6 @@ function(cxx_library_with_type name type cxx_flags)
   set_target_properties(${name}
     PROPERTIES
     COMPILE_FLAGS "${cxx_flags}")
-  # Set the output directory for build artifacts.
-  set_target_properties(${name}
-    PROPERTIES
-    RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin"
-    LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/lib"
-    ARCHIVE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/lib"
-    PDB_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin"
-    COMPILE_PDB_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/lib")
   # Make PDBs match library name.
   get_target_property(pdb_debug_postfix ${name} DEBUG_POSTFIX)
   set_target_properties(${name}