diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 0f9d0ad921..614e0edb0c 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -958,12 +958,12 @@ add_custom_target(distcheck DEPENDS dist
 
 # uninstall target
 configure_file(
-        "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/cmake_uninstall.cmake.in"
-        "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/cmake_uninstall.cmake"
+        "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/cmake_uninstall.sh.in"
+        "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/cmake_uninstall.sh"
         @ONLY)
 
 add_custom_target(uninstall
-        COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -P ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/cmake_uninstall.cmake)
+        COMMAND /bin/sh ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/cmake_uninstall.sh)
 
 set(_MODULES gnc-core-utils gnc-engine gnc-app-utils gnc-module gnc-locale-tax gnc-backend-xml-utils gnucash-guile)
 
diff --git a/cmake/cmake_uninstall.cmake.in b/cmake/cmake_uninstall.cmake.in
deleted file mode 100644
index 91dfd32965..0000000000
--- a/cmake/cmake_uninstall.cmake.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-# This is taken from https://cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ#Can_I_do_.22make_uninstall.22_with_CMake.3F
-
-if(NOT EXISTS "@CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR@/install_manifest.txt")
-  message(FATAL_ERROR "Cannot find install manifest: @CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR@/install_manifest.txt")
-endif()
-
-file(READ "@CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR@/install_manifest.txt" files)
-string(REGEX REPLACE "\n" ";" files "${files}")
-foreach(file ${files})
-  message(STATUS "Uninstalling $ENV{DESTDIR}${file}")
-  if(IS_SYMLINK "$ENV{DESTDIR}${file}" OR EXISTS "$ENV{DESTDIR}${file}")
-    execute_process(
-      COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E remove \"$ENV{DESTDIR}${file}\"
-      OUTPUT_VARIABLE rm_out
-      RESULT_VARIABLE rm_retval
-      )
-    if(NOT "${rm_retval}" STREQUAL 0)
-      message(FATAL_ERROR "Problem when removing $ENV{DESTDIR}${file}")
-    endif()
-  else()
-    message(STATUS "File $ENV{DESTDIR}${file} does not exist.")
-  endif()
-endforeach(file)
diff --git a/cmake/cmake_uninstall.sh.in b/cmake/cmake_uninstall.sh.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..88c0583efa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/cmake_uninstall.sh.in
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+if [ ! -s install_manifest.txt ]; then
+    echo "Error: No install manifest."
+fi
+while IFS= read -r filename; do
+    if [ -e $filename ]; then
+        echo "--Uninstalling $filename"
+        rm $filename
+    else
+        echo "--$filename not found"
+    fi
+done<install_manifest.txt
+