diff --git a/examples/meta/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/meta/CMakeLists.txt
index c98cd136dca..183a8d2f96c 100644
--- a/examples/meta/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/meta/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16,4 +16,25 @@ add_custom_target(meta_examples
     -t ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/generator/targets
     COMMENT "Generating examples from meta-language")
 
-add_subdirectory(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/targets)
+# If testing is enabled we run the examples
+IF(ENABLE_TESTING)
+    # Python
+    IF (PythonModular AND EXISTS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/python)
+        add_subdirectory(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/python)
+    ENDIF()
+
+    # java
+    IF (JavaModular AND EXISTS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/java)
+        add_subdirectory(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/java)
+    ENDIF()
+
+    # octave
+    IF (OctaveModular AND EXISTS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/octave)
+        add_subdirectory(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/octave)
+    ENDIF()
+
+    # r
+    IF (RModular AND EXISTS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/r)
+        add_subdirectory(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/r)
+    ENDIF()
+ENDIF()
diff --git a/examples/meta/targets/java/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/meta/java/CMakeLists.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/meta/targets/java/CMakeLists.txt
rename to examples/meta/java/CMakeLists.txt
diff --git a/examples/meta/targets/octave/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/meta/octave/CMakeLists.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/meta/targets/octave/CMakeLists.txt
rename to examples/meta/octave/CMakeLists.txt
diff --git a/examples/meta/targets/python/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/meta/python/CMakeLists.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/meta/targets/python/CMakeLists.txt
rename to examples/meta/python/CMakeLists.txt
diff --git a/examples/meta/targets/r/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/meta/r/CMakeLists.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from examples/meta/targets/r/CMakeLists.txt
rename to examples/meta/r/CMakeLists.txt
diff --git a/examples/meta/targets/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/meta/targets/CMakeLists.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 29bc3efbcde..00000000000
--- a/examples/meta/targets/CMakeLists.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-# If testing is enabled we run the examples
-IF(ENABLE_TESTING)
-    # Python
-    IF (PythonModular AND EXISTS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/python)
-        add_subdirectory(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/python)
-    ENDIF()
-
-    # java
-    IF (JavaModular AND EXISTS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/java)
-        add_subdirectory(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/java)
-    ENDIF()
-
-    # octave
-    IF (OctaveModular AND EXISTS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/octave)
-        add_subdirectory(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/octave)
-    ENDIF()
-
-    # r
-    IF (RModular AND EXISTS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/r)
-        add_subdirectory(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/r)
-    ENDIF()
-ENDIF()