diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 4601d0dfd..a9c5fa83e 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -467,17 +467,4 @@ message ("Fortran Linker Command:\n${CMAKE_Fortran_LINK_EXECUTABLE}\n")
 
 # location of code
 add_subdirectory (src)
-
-# INSTALL BUILT BINARIES
-if (CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "SYNTAXONLY")
-   exec_program (mktemp OUTPUT_VARIABLE nothing)
-   exec_program (mktemp ARGS -d OUTPUT_VARIABLE black_hole)
-   install (PROGRAMS ${nothing} DESTINATION ${black_hole})
-else ()
-   set(CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin)
-   if (PROJECT_NAME STREQUAL "damask-grid")
-       install (TARGETS DAMASK_spectral RUNTIME)
-   elseif (PROJECT_NAME STREQUAL "damask-mesh")
-       install (TARGETS DAMASK_FEM RUNTIME)
-   endif ()
-endif ()
+set(CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin)
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 8cdb51551..6ff120873 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -25,8 +25,12 @@ if (PROJECT_NAME STREQUAL "damask-grid")
 
       if(NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "SYNTAXONLY")
         add_executable(DAMASK_spectral ${sources})
+        install (TARGETS DAMASK_spectral RUNTIME)
       else()
         add_library(DAMASK_spectral OBJECT ${sources})
+        exec_program (mktemp OUTPUT_VARIABLE nothing)
+        exec_program (mktemp ARGS -d OUTPUT_VARIABLE black_hole)
+        install (PROGRAMS ${nothing} DESTINATION ${black_hole})
       endif()
 
 elseif (PROJECT_NAME STREQUAL "damask-mesh")
@@ -42,5 +46,6 @@ elseif (PROJECT_NAME STREQUAL "damask-mesh")
       list(FILTER sources EXCLUDE REGEX ".*mesh_grid.*\\.f90")
 
       add_executable(DAMASK_FEM ${sources})
+      install (TARGETS DAMASK_FEM RUNTIME)
       
 endif()