diff --git a/cmake/Modules/OpmInstall.cmake b/cmake/Modules/OpmInstall.cmake
index 1c713717..59435249 100644
--- a/cmake/Modules/OpmInstall.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Modules/OpmInstall.cmake
@@ -50,6 +50,6 @@ macro (opm_install opm)
   endif (${opm}_LIBRARY_TYPE STREQUAL "SHARED" AND ${opm}_TARGET AND ${opm}_DEBUG)
   install (
 	FILES ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/dune.module
-	DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR_NOARCH}${${opm}_VER_DIR}/dunecontrol/${${opm}_NAME}
+	DESTINATION lib${${opm}_VER_DIR}/dunecontrol/${${opm}_NAME}
 	)
 endmacro (opm_install opm)
diff --git a/cmake/Modules/UseDuneVer.cmake b/cmake/Modules/UseDuneVer.cmake
index ef917d08..116de6ce 100644
--- a/cmake/Modules/UseDuneVer.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Modules/UseDuneVer.cmake
@@ -62,7 +62,17 @@ function (find_dune_version suite module)
 	  # remove multi-arch part of the library path to get parent
 	  get_filename_component (_lib_path "${_lib_path}" PATH)
 	endif ()
-	set (_dune_mod "${_lib_path}${_multilib}/dunecontrol/${suite}-${module}/dune.module")
+	get_filename_component (_immediate "${_lib_path}" NAME)	
+	if (("${_immediate}" STREQUAL "${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}")
+		OR ("${_immediate}" STREQUAL "lib"))
+	  # remove library part of the path; this also undo the suffix
+	  # we added if we used the library as a standin
+	  get_filename_component (_lib_path "${_lib_path}" PATH)
+	endif ()
+	# from this point on, _lib_path does not contain an architecture-
+	# specific component anymore; dune.module is always put in straight
+	# noarch lib/ since it does not contain any paths to binaries
+	set (_dune_mod "${_lib_path}/lib${_multilib}/dunecontrol/${suite}-${module}/dune.module")
 	if (NOT EXISTS "${_dune_mod}")
 	  # use the name itself as a flag for whether it was found or not
 	  set (_dune_mod "")
@@ -71,8 +81,12 @@ function (find_dune_version suite module)
 
   # if it is not available, it may make havoc having empty defines in the source
   # code later, so we bail out early
-  if (${suite}-${module}_FIND_REQUIRED AND NOT _dune_mod)
-	message (FATAL_ERROR "Failed to locate dune.module for ${suite}-${module}")
+  if (NOT _dune_mod)
+	if (${suite}-${module}_FIND_REQUIRED)
+	  message (FATAL_ERROR "Failed to locate dune.module for ${suite}-${module}")
+	else ()
+	  return ()
+	endif ()
   endif ()
 
   # parse the file for the Version: field
@@ -101,4 +115,7 @@ function (find_dune_version suite module)
 	set (${_SUITE}_${_MODULE}_VERSION_MINOR "${_minor}" PARENT_SCOPE)
 	set (${_SUITE}_${_MODULE}_VERSION_REVISION "${_revision}" PARENT_SCOPE)
   endif ()
+
+  # print the version number we detected in the configuration log
+  message (STATUS "Version ${_major}.${_minor}.${_revision} of ${suite}-${module} from ${_dune_mod}")  
 endfunction (find_dune_version suite module)
diff --git a/cmake/Modules/UseMultiArch.cmake b/cmake/Modules/UseMultiArch.cmake
index 06a40126..f1a5d665 100644
--- a/cmake/Modules/UseMultiArch.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Modules/UseMultiArch.cmake
@@ -5,10 +5,6 @@
 #	                             depending on the platform; use this path
 #	                             for platform-specific binaries.
 #
-#	CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR_NOARCH  to lib or lib64 depending on the platform;
-#	                             use this path for architecture-independent
-#	                             files.
-#
 # Note that it will override the results of GNUInstallDirs if included after
 # that module.
 
@@ -22,21 +18,15 @@ if ("${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME}" MATCHES "Linux")
   else (EXISTS "/etc/debian_version")
 	# 64-bit system?
 	if (CMAKE_SIZEOF_VOID_P EQUAL 8)
-	  set (_libdir_noarch "lib64")
+	  set (_libdir_def "lib64")
 	else (CMAKE_SIZEOF_VOID_P EQUAL 8)
-	  set (_libdir_noarch "lib")
+	  set (_libdir_def "lib")
 	endif (CMAKE_SIZEOF_VOID_P EQUAL 8)
-	set (_libdir_def "${_libdir_noarch}")
   endif (EXISTS "/etc/debian_version")
 else ("${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME}" MATCHES "Linux")
   set (_libdir_def "lib")
-  set (_libdir_noarch "lib")
 endif ("${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME}" MATCHES "Linux")
 
 # let the user override if somewhere else is desirable
 set (CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR "${_libdir_def}" CACHE PATH "Object code libraries")
-set (CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR_NOARCH "${_libdir_noarch}" CACHE PATH "Architecture-independent library files")
-mark_as_advanced (
-  CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR
-  CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR_NOARCH
-  )
+mark_as_advanced (CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR)