diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 385a09a09..10267b57d 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ endif()
 # we cannot generate dune.module since it is read by dunecontrol before
 # the build starts, so it makes sense to keep the data there then.
 include (OpmInit)
+OpmSetPolicies()
 
 # Look for the opm-tests repository; if found the variable
 # HAVE_OPM_TESTS will be set to true.
diff --git a/cmake/Modules/OpmFind.cmake b/cmake/Modules/OpmFind.cmake
index 9eb0fc46b..1cab56d56 100644
--- a/cmake/Modules/OpmFind.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Modules/OpmFind.cmake
@@ -54,17 +54,6 @@ foreach (name IN LISTS _opm_proj_vars)
   endif (NOT DEFINED ${CMAKE_PROJECT_NAME}_${name})
 endforeach (name)
 
-# these dependencies needs special treatment
-set (_opm_proj_exemptions
-  dune-common
-  dune-istl
-  dune-grid
-  dune-geometry
-  dune-uggrid
-  dune-alugrid
-  dune-localfunctions
-  dune-fem
-  )
 
 # insert this boilerplate whenever we are going to find a new package
 macro (find_and_append_package_to prefix name)
@@ -115,21 +104,6 @@ macro (find_and_append_package_to prefix name)
 	endif (EXISTS ${${NAME}_ROOT}/${name}-config.cmake OR EXISTS ${${NAME}_ROOT}/${name}Config.cmake)
   endif (NOT DEFINED ${name}_DIR AND (DEFINED ${name}_ROOT OR DEFINED ${NAME}_ROOT))
 
-  # these libraries need special handling which is not provided in
-  # the -config.cmake file, but which must be provided by this project,
-  # something which is done in our find module
-  list (FIND _opm_proj_exemptions "${name}" _${name}_exempted)
-  if ((NOT (_${name}_exempted EQUAL -1)) AND (DEFINED ${name}_DIR))
-	set (${name}_ROOT "${${name}_DIR}")
-	# store this for later, in case we reconfigure
-	set (${name}_ROOT "${${name}_ROOT}" CACHE LOCATION "Path to ${name}")
-	# clear this to not use config mode
-	unset (${name}_DIR)
-	# variables that are given on the command-line is also put in the cache
-	# removing the local copy only "unshadows" this one
-	unset (${name}_DIR CACHE)
-  endif ((NOT (_${name}_exempted EQUAL -1)) AND (DEFINED ${name}_DIR))
-
   # if we're told not to look for the package, pretend it was never found
   if (CMAKE_DISABLE_FIND_PACKAGE_${name})
 	set (${name}_FOUND FALSE)
@@ -151,10 +125,8 @@ macro (find_and_append_package_to prefix name)
     # and the likes which is only done via opm_find_package
     if ( (NOT DEFINED ${name}_FOUND AND NOT DEFINED ${NAME}_FOUND )
          OR _search_components GREATER -1)
-      string(REGEX MATCH "(dune|opm)-.*" _is_opm ${name})
-      if(_${name}_exempted LESS 0 AND NOT _is_opm)
-        find_package (${name} ${ARGN})
-      elseif(_${name}_exempted GREATER -1)
+       string(REGEX MATCH "(opm)-.*" _is_opm ${name})
+      if(NOT _is_opm)
         find_package (${name} ${ARGN})
       else()
         if(${name}_DIR)
diff --git a/cmake/Modules/OpmInit.cmake b/cmake/Modules/OpmInit.cmake
index e0f8b93dc..0bdc2e51f 100644
--- a/cmake/Modules/OpmInit.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Modules/OpmInit.cmake
@@ -12,6 +12,59 @@
 # This module should be the first to be included in the project,
 # because most of the others (OpmXxx.cmake) use these variables.
 
+# for CMake >= 3.0, we need to change a few policies:
+#
+#   - CMP0026 to allow access to the LOCATION target property
+#   - CMP0048 to indicate that we want to deal with the *VERSION*
+#     variables ourselves
+#   - CMP0064 to indicate that we want TEST if conditions to be evaluated
+#   - CMP0074 to indicate that <PackageName>_ROOT can be used to find package
+#             config files
+macro(OpmSetPolicies)
+  if (POLICY CMP0026)
+    # Needed as we query LOCATION in OpmCompile.cmake and OpmSatellites.cmake
+    cmake_policy(SET CMP0026 OLD)
+  endif()
+
+  if (POLICY CMP0048)
+    # We do not set version. Hence NEW should work and this can be removed later
+    cmake_policy(SET CMP0048 NEW)
+  endif()
+
+  if(POLICY CMP0064)
+    cmake_policy(SET CMP0064 NEW)
+  endif()
+
+  # set the behavior of the policy 0054 to NEW. (i.e. do not implicitly
+  # expand variables in if statements)
+  if (POLICY CMP0054)
+    cmake_policy(SET CMP0054 NEW)
+  endif()
+
+  # set the behavior of policy 0074 to new as we always used <PackageName>_ROOT as the
+  # root of the installation
+  if(POLICY CMP0074)
+    cmake_policy(SET CMP0074 NEW)
+  endif()
+
+  # include special
+  if (CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_LESS "2.8.3")
+    message (STATUS "Enabling compatibility modules for CMake 2.8.3")
+    list (APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${OPM_MACROS_ROOT}/cmake/Modules/compat-2.8.3")
+  endif (CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_LESS "2.8.3")
+
+  if (CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_LESS "2.8.5")
+    message (STATUS "Enabling compatibility modules for CMake 2.8.5")
+    list (APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${OPM_MACROS_ROOT}/cmake/Modules/compat-2.8.5")
+  endif (CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_LESS "2.8.5")
+
+  if (CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_LESS "2.8.7")
+    message (STATUS "Enabling compatibility modules for CMake 2.8.7")
+    list (APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${OPM_MACROS_ROOT}/cmake/Modules/compat-2.8.7")
+  endif (CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_LESS "2.8.7")
+endmacro()
+
+
 # helper macro to retrieve a single field of a dune.module file
 macro(OpmGetDuneModuleDirective field variable contents)
   string (REGEX MATCH ".*${field}:[ ]*([^\n]+).*" ${variable} "${contents}")
diff --git a/cmake/Modules/OpmInstall.cmake b/cmake/Modules/OpmInstall.cmake
index 7e1c5a730..eedfc5430 100644
--- a/cmake/Modules/OpmInstall.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Modules/OpmInstall.cmake
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ macro (opm_install opm)
 	set (_sys_dbg_def OFF)
   endif (CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX STREQUAL "/usr")
   option (SYSTEM_DEBUG "Put .debug files in GDB debug file directory" ${_sys_dbg_def})
-  set (DEBUG_FILE_DIRECTORY /usr/lib/debug CACHE LOCATION "GDB debug file directory")
+  set (DEBUG_FILE_DIRECTORY /usr/lib/debug CACHE PATH "GDB debug file directory")
   mark_as_advanced (DEBUG_FILE_DIRECTORY)
   if (SYSTEM_DEBUG AND NOT APPLE)
 	set (_dbg_prefix "${DEBUG_FILE_DIRECTORY}/")
diff --git a/cmake/Modules/OpmLibMain.cmake b/cmake/Modules/OpmLibMain.cmake
index be1e74402..cd22b7332 100644
--- a/cmake/Modules/OpmLibMain.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Modules/OpmLibMain.cmake
@@ -15,55 +15,11 @@
 #	tests_hook      Do special processing before tests are compiled
 #	files_hook      Do special processing before final targets are added
 
-# for CMake >= 3.0, we need to change a few policies:
-#
-#   - CMP0026 to allow access to the LOCATION target property
-#   - CMP0048 to indicate that we want to deal with the *VERSION*
-#     variables ourselves
-#   - CMP0064 to indicate that we want TEST if conditions to be evaluated
-if (POLICY CMP0026)
-	cmake_policy(SET CMP0026 OLD)
-endif()
-
-if (POLICY CMP0048)
-	cmake_policy(SET CMP0048 OLD)
-endif()
-
-if(POLICY CMP0064)
-  cmake_policy(SET CMP0064 NEW)
-endif()
-
-# set the behavior of the policy 0054 to NEW. (i.e. do not implicitly
-# expand variables in if statements)
-if (POLICY CMP0054)
-  cmake_policy(SET CMP0054 NEW)
-endif()
-
-# include special
-if (CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_LESS "2.8.3")
-	message (STATUS "Enabling compatibility modules for CMake 2.8.3")
-	list (APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${OPM_MACROS_ROOT}/cmake/Modules/compat-2.8.3")
-endif (CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_LESS "2.8.3")
-
-if (CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_LESS "2.8.5")
-	message (STATUS "Enabling compatibility modules for CMake 2.8.5")
-	list (APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${OPM_MACROS_ROOT}/cmake/Modules/compat-2.8.5")
-endif (CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_LESS "2.8.5")
-
-if (CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_LESS "2.8.7")
-	message (STATUS "Enabling compatibility modules for CMake 2.8.7")
-	list (APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${OPM_MACROS_ROOT}/cmake/Modules/compat-2.8.7")
-endif (CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_LESS "2.8.7")
 
 # don't write default flags into the cache, preserve that for user set values
 include (AddOptions)
 no_default_options ()
 
-# C++ project
-project (${${project}_NAME})
-enable_language (C)
-enable_language (CXX)
-
 # Languages and global compiler settings
 if(CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_LESS 3.8)
   message(WARNING "CMake version does not support c++17, guessing -std=c++17")