diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 3fa1c315b3..a4316cb3a8 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ include(cmake/tinyxml2.cmake)
 include(cmake/zlib.cmake)
 
 if(NOT MSVC)
+    cmake_policy(SET CMP0058 NEW)
     include(third_party/cpp_rsc/cmake/modules/cpp_resource.cmake)
     if(NOT ANDROID AND NOT IOS)
         # If not cross-compiling, we can build cpp_rsc.
diff --git a/cmake/embed_files.cmake b/cmake/embed_files.cmake
deleted file mode 100644
index 977c1ba0cb..0000000000
--- a/cmake/embed_files.cmake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-# Compilation step for static resources
-# Taken from:
-# https://beesbuzz.biz/code/4399-Embedding-binary-resources-with-CMake-and-C-11
-function(ADD_RESOURCES out_var)
-    set(result)
-    foreach(in_f ${ARGN})
-        set(out_f "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${in_f}.o")
-        file(RELATIVE_PATH rel_path_with_file ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${in_f})
-        get_filename_component(rel_path ${rel_path_with_file} DIRECTORY)
-        file(MAKE_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${rel_path})
-
-        if (APPLE)
-            set(binary_options -sectcreate binary)
-        else()
-            set(binary_options -b binary)
-        endif()
-
-        add_custom_command(OUTPUT ${out_f}
-            COMMAND ld -r ${binary_options} -o ${out_f} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${in_f}
-            DEPENDS ${in_f}
-            WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}
-            COMMENT "Adding resource ${in_f}"
-            VERBATIM)
-        list(APPEND result ${out_f})
-    endforeach()
-    set(${out_var} "${result}" PARENT_SCOPE)
-endfunction()