diff --git a/examples/X11/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/X11/CMakeLists.txt
index 64aacec08..60692e2cb 100644
--- a/examples/X11/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/X11/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
-
-set(SRCROOT ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/examples/X11)
-
 # all source files
-set(SRC ${SRCROOT}/X11.cpp)
+set(SRC X11.cpp)
 
 # define the X11 target
 sfml_add_example(X11Example GUI_APP
diff --git a/examples/cocoa/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/cocoa/CMakeLists.txt
index b23ff8c4d..731ac5189 100644
--- a/examples/cocoa/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/cocoa/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-
-set(SRCROOT ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/examples/cocoa)
-
 # Usage: compile_xib(INPUT path/to/file.xib OUTPUT path/to/file.nib)
 function(compile_xib)
     cmake_parse_arguments(THIS "" "INPUT;OUTPUT" "" ${ARGN})
@@ -30,22 +27,22 @@ function(compile_xib)
 endfunction()
 
 # all source files
-set(SRC ${SRCROOT}/CocoaAppDelegate.h
-        ${SRCROOT}/CocoaAppDelegate.mm
-        ${SRCROOT}/NSString+stdstring.h
-        ${SRCROOT}/NSString+stdstring.mm
-        ${SRCROOT}/main.m)
+set(SRC CocoaAppDelegate.h
+        CocoaAppDelegate.mm
+        NSString+stdstring.h
+        NSString+stdstring.mm
+        main.m)
 
-compile_xib(INPUT "${SRCROOT}/MainMenu.xib" OUTPUT "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/MainMenu.nib")
+compile_xib(INPUT "MainMenu.xib" OUTPUT "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/MainMenu.nib")
 
 # all resource files
-set(RESOURCES ${SRCROOT}/resources/icon.icns
-              ${SRCROOT}/resources/tuffy.ttf
-              ${SRCROOT}/resources/logo.png
-              ${SRCROOT}/resources/blue.png
-              ${SRCROOT}/resources/green.png
-              ${SRCROOT}/resources/red.png
-              ${SRCROOT}/resources/Credits.rtf
+set(RESOURCES resources/icon.icns
+              resources/tuffy.ttf
+              resources/logo.png
+              resources/blue.png
+              resources/green.png
+              resources/red.png
+              resources/Credits.rtf
               ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/MainMenu.nib)
 set_source_files_properties(${RESOURCES} PROPERTIES
                             MACOSX_PACKAGE_LOCATION Resources)
@@ -57,5 +54,5 @@ sfml_add_example(cocoa
                  DEPENDS SFML::System SFML::Window SFML::Graphics)
 set_target_properties(cocoa PROPERTIES
                       MACOSX_BUNDLE TRUE
-                      MACOSX_BUNDLE_INFO_PLIST ${SRCROOT}/resources/Cocoa-Info.plist)
+                      MACOSX_BUNDLE_INFO_PLIST resources/Cocoa-Info.plist)
 target_link_libraries(cocoa PRIVATE "-framework Cocoa" "-framework Foundation" SFML::Graphics)
diff --git a/examples/ftp/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/ftp/CMakeLists.txt
index b1e8fc168..209ddb869 100644
--- a/examples/ftp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/ftp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
-
-set(SRCROOT ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/examples/ftp)
-
 # all source files
-set(SRC ${SRCROOT}/Ftp.cpp)
+set(SRC Ftp.cpp)
 
 # define the ftp target
 sfml_add_example(ftp
diff --git a/examples/island/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/island/CMakeLists.txt
index c7be4ec42..1cae7a97a 100644
--- a/examples/island/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/island/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
-
-set(SRCROOT ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/examples/island)
-
 # all source files
-set(SRC ${SRCROOT}/Island.cpp)
+set(SRC Island.cpp)
 
 # define the island target
 sfml_add_example(island GUI_APP
diff --git a/examples/joystick/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/joystick/CMakeLists.txt
index 195ff28fc..1d68c8e4c 100644
--- a/examples/joystick/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/joystick/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
-
-set(SRCROOT ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/examples/joystick)
-
 # all source files
-set(SRC ${SRCROOT}/Joystick.cpp)
+set(SRC Joystick.cpp)
 
 # define the joystick target
 sfml_add_example(joystick GUI_APP
diff --git a/examples/opengl/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/opengl/CMakeLists.txt
index 81b052799..824c7535c 100644
--- a/examples/opengl/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/opengl/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
-
-set(SRCROOT ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/examples/opengl)
-
 # all source files
-set(SRC ${SRCROOT}/OpenGL.cpp)
+set(SRC OpenGL.cpp)
 
 if (SFML_OS_IOS)
     set(RESOURCES
diff --git a/examples/shader/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/shader/CMakeLists.txt
index d4089adfe..0cdb7c4c2 100644
--- a/examples/shader/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/shader/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
-
-set(SRCROOT ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/examples/shader)
-
 # all source files
-set(SRC
-    ${SRCROOT}/Effect.hpp
-    ${SRCROOT}/Shader.cpp)
+set(SRC Effect.hpp
+        Shader.cpp)
 
 # define the shader target
 sfml_add_example(shader GUI_APP
diff --git a/examples/sockets/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/sockets/CMakeLists.txt
index 93221ee8e..df517d31c 100644
--- a/examples/sockets/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/sockets/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
-
-set(SRCROOT ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/examples/sockets)
-
 # all source files
-set(SRC ${SRCROOT}/Sockets.cpp
-        ${SRCROOT}/TCP.cpp
-        ${SRCROOT}/UDP.cpp)
+set(SRC Sockets.cpp
+        TCP.cpp
+        UDP.cpp)
 
 # define the sockets target
 sfml_add_example(sockets
diff --git a/examples/sound/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/sound/CMakeLists.txt
index 8369a3713..6d58a067f 100644
--- a/examples/sound/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/sound/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
-
-set(SRCROOT ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/examples/sound)
-
 # all source files
-set(SRC ${SRCROOT}/Sound.cpp)
+set(SRC Sound.cpp)
 
 # define the sound target
 sfml_add_example(sound
diff --git a/examples/sound_capture/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/sound_capture/CMakeLists.txt
index ce416d60a..87380fddb 100644
--- a/examples/sound_capture/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/sound_capture/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
-
-set(SRCROOT ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/examples/sound_capture)
-
 # all source files
-set(SRC ${SRCROOT}/SoundCapture.cpp)
+set(SRC SoundCapture.cpp)
 
 # define the sound-capture target
 sfml_add_example(sound-capture
diff --git a/examples/tennis/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/tennis/CMakeLists.txt
index 84c7a5f29..c2a752485 100644
--- a/examples/tennis/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/tennis/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
-
-set(SRCROOT ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/examples/tennis)
-
 # all source files
-set(SRC ${SRCROOT}/Tennis.cpp)
+set(SRC Tennis.cpp)
 if (SFML_OS_IOS)
     set(RESOURCES
         ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/resources/ball.wav
diff --git a/examples/voip/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/voip/CMakeLists.txt
index a5e14c3f2..e6650393f 100644
--- a/examples/voip/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/voip/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
-
-set(SRCROOT ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/examples/voip)
-
 # all source files
-set(SRC ${SRCROOT}/VoIP.cpp
-        ${SRCROOT}/Client.cpp
-        ${SRCROOT}/Server.cpp)
+set(SRC VoIP.cpp
+        Client.cpp
+        Server.cpp)
 
 # define the voip target
 sfml_add_example(voip
diff --git a/examples/vulkan/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/vulkan/CMakeLists.txt
index f9cd287cb..556b6c858 100644
--- a/examples/vulkan/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/vulkan/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
-
-set(SRCROOT ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/examples/vulkan)
-
 # all source files
-set(SRC ${SRCROOT}/Vulkan.cpp)
+set(SRC Vulkan.cpp)
 
 # define the window target
 sfml_add_example(vulkan GUI_APP
diff --git a/examples/win32/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/win32/CMakeLists.txt
index 87c5c18ac..001f4bb30 100644
--- a/examples/win32/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/win32/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
-
-set(SRCROOT ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/examples/win32)
-
 # all source files
-set(SRC ${SRCROOT}/Win32.cpp)
+set(SRC Win32.cpp)
 
 # define the win32 target
 sfml_add_example(win32 GUI_APP
diff --git a/examples/window/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/window/CMakeLists.txt
index f463289ca..2017bf7bb 100644
--- a/examples/window/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/window/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
-
-set(SRCROOT ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/examples/window)
-
 # all source files
-set(SRC ${SRCROOT}/Window.cpp)
+set(SRC Window.cpp)
 
 # define the window target
 sfml_add_example(window GUI_APP