diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 1f01702e9..5bf8cc34a 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ option(CEC "Set to ON to enable CEC" ${CEC})
 option(VLC_PLAYER "Set to ON to build the VLC-based video player" ${VLC_PLAYER})
 option(CLANG_TIDY "Set to ON to build using the clang-tidy static analyzer" ${CLANG_TIDY})
 
-if (CLANG_TIDY)
+if(CLANG_TIDY)
     find_program(CLANG_TIDY_BINARY NAMES clang-tidy)
     if("${CLANG_TIDY_BINARY}" STREQUAL "CLANG_TIDY_BINARY-NOTFOUND")
         message("-- CLANG_TIDY was set but the clang-tidy binary was not found")
@@ -107,14 +107,12 @@ endif()
 
 if("${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID}" MATCHES "Clang")
     message("-- Compiler is Clang/LLVM")
-    execute_process(COMMAND ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER} -dumpversion OUTPUT_VARIABLE CLANG_VERSION)
-    if(CLANG_VERSION VERSION_LESS 5.0.0)
+    if(${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION} VERSION_LESS 5.0.0)
         message(SEND_ERROR "You need at least Clang 5.0.0 to compile EmulationStation-DE")
     endif()
 elseif("${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID}" STREQUAL "GNU")
     message("-- Compiler is GNU/GCC")
-    execute_process(COMMAND ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER} -dumpfullversion OUTPUT_VARIABLE G++_VERSION)
-    if(G++_VERSION VERSION_LESS 7.1)
+    if(${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION} VERSION_LESS 7.1)
         message(SEND_ERROR "You need at least GCC 7.1 to compile EmulationStation-DE")
     endif()
     if(WIN32)
@@ -126,7 +124,7 @@ elseif("${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID}" STREQUAL "MSVC")
     add_definitions(-DNOMINMAX)
 endif()
 
-if (CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
+if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
     message("-- Build type is ${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}")
 endif()
 
@@ -194,7 +192,7 @@ else()
     add_definitions(-DUSE_OPENGLES_10)
 endif()
 
-if (VLC_PLAYER)
+if(VLC_PLAYER)
     add_definitions(-DBUILD_VLC_PLAYER)
 endif()