diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 01017d8702547ed5020ff657473154f8b08e08b5..468fa72f7fcabf0f88f66ccae043f63463e0434d 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -320,7 +320,6 @@ configure_package_config_file (
 # overwrite with install location (if it was build as part of corsika)
 set (Pythia8_INCDIR ${Pythia8_INCDIR_INSTALL})
 set (Pythia8_LIBDIR ${Pythia8_LIBDIR_INSTALL})
-set (CORSIKA_CMAKE_DATA_DIR ${CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_DATADIR}/corsika/data)
 configure_package_config_file (
   cmake/corsikaConfig.cmake.in
   ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/cmake/corsikaConfig.cmake
diff --git a/cmake/corsikaConfig.cmake.in b/cmake/corsikaConfig.cmake.in
index 341e8523559e51d33f1cb2b40341b30c518bc372..3a833b71c2ad78dcd0d8af5b194bd004774407f6 100644
--- a/cmake/corsikaConfig.cmake.in
+++ b/cmake/corsikaConfig.cmake.in
@@ -62,10 +62,6 @@ check_required_components (corsika)
 #+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 # add further definitions / options
 #
-#target_compile_definitions (CORSIKA8::CORSIKA8
-#  INTERFACE
-#  CORSIKA_DATA_DIR=\"@CORSIKA_DATA_DIR@\"
-#)
 if (WITH_HISTORY)
   set_property (
     TARGET CORSIKA8::CORSIKA8