diff --git a/polly/CMakeLists.txt b/polly/CMakeLists.txt
index 64c671e26b40..453acd4825bc 100644
--- a/polly/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/polly/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -142,7 +142,6 @@ install(DIRECTORY ${POLLY_BINARY_DIR}/include/
 
 add_definitions( -D_GNU_SOURCE )
 
-add_subdirectory(include)
 add_subdirectory(lib)
 add_subdirectory(test)
 add_subdirectory(tools)
diff --git a/polly/include/CMakeLists.txt b/polly/include/CMakeLists.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index abe73d1f16bd..000000000000
--- a/polly/include/CMakeLists.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-add_subdirectory(polly)
diff --git a/polly/include/polly/CMakeLists.txt b/polly/include/polly/CMakeLists.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index ef9216317b80..000000000000
--- a/polly/include/polly/CMakeLists.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-if( MSVC_IDE OR XCODE )
-  # Creates a dummy target containing all headers for the benefit of
-  # Visual Studio users.
-  file(GLOB_RECURSE headers *.h)
-  add_library(polly_headers_do_not_build EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL
-    # We need at least one source file:
-    ${POLLY_SOURCE_DIR}/lib/Support/GICHelper.cpp
-    ${headers})
-endif()