diff --git a/src/catalyst/CMakeLists-Catalyst.txt b/src/catalyst/CMakeLists-Catalyst.txt
index 00cf60e471928927312bdad0a22ac96df9207608..453968d3e0a9a50356ef8094e33c0e0d473be766 100644
--- a/src/catalyst/CMakeLists-Catalyst.txt
+++ b/src/catalyst/CMakeLists-Catalyst.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+project(catalyst)
 
 include(${PARAVIEW_USE_FILE})
 
diff --git a/src/catalyst/CMakeLists.txt b/src/catalyst/CMakeLists.txt
index cb734ec15345a82127ac5651da90b01e7d3ba88c..7494a1118b3b290203d4ff801a53fadf79028d4f 100644
--- a/src/catalyst/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/catalyst/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,19 +1,13 @@
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8)
+cmake_policy(SET CMP0002 NEW)   # Policy CMP0002 required for for cmake >= 3
 
-# Fail immediately if not using an out-of-source build
+# Fail if not building out-of-source
 if (CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR STREQUAL CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR)
     message(FATAL_ERROR
-        "In-source builds are not supported.  Please create a build directory "
-        "separate from the source directory")
+        "In-source builds disallowed. Use a separate build directory")
 endif()
 
-project(catalyst)
-
-# Set policy for CMP0002 needed for cmake > 3
-cmake_policy(SET CMP0002 OLD)
-
-
 include(CMakeLists-OpenFOAM.txt)
 
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------