diff --git a/cmake/FindFreetype.cmake b/cmake/FindFreetype.cmake
index c154628da..3d28613ae 100644
--- a/cmake/FindFreetype.cmake
+++ b/cmake/FindFreetype.cmake
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@
 # ======================================
 
 include(LibFindMacros)
-include(PreprocessorUtils)
 
 set(_REGULAR_INSTALL_PATHS
     /usr/X11R6
@@ -78,21 +77,13 @@ find_path(Freetype_OLD_INCLUDE_DIR
     PATH_SUFFIXES freetype2
     NO_DEFAULT_PATH
 )
-
-# get version from freetype.h
-find_file(Freetype_HEADER
-    NAMES freetype.h
-    PATH_SUFFIXES freetype
-    PATHS ${Freetype_OLD_INCLUDE_DIR}
+libfind_version_n_header(Freetype
+    NAMES freetype/freetype.h freetype.h
+    PATHS Freetype_OLD_INCLUDE_DIR
+    DEFINES FREETYPE_MAJOR FREETYPE_MINOR FREETYPE_PATCH
 )
-if (Freetype_HEADER)
-    get_version_from_n_defines(Freetype_VERSION
-        ${Freetype_HEADER}
-        FREETYPE_MAJOR FREETYPE_MINOR FREETYPE_PATCH
-    )
-endif()
 
-set(Freetype_PROCESS_INCLUDES Freetype_INCLUDE_DIR Freetype_OLD_INCLUDE_DIR)
+set(Freetype_PROCESS_INCLUDES Freetype_OLD_INCLUDE_DIR)
 libfind_process(Freetype)
 
 if (Freetype_INCLUDE_DIRS)
diff --git a/cmake/FindTinyXML.cmake b/cmake/FindTinyXML.cmake
index d79a21c4a..cfbacb881 100644
--- a/cmake/FindTinyXML.cmake
+++ b/cmake/FindTinyXML.cmake
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 #
 
 include(LibFindMacros)
-include(PreprocessorUtils)
 
 libfind_pkg_detect(TinyXML tinyxml
     FIND_PATH tinyxml.h
diff --git a/cmake/PreprocessorUtils.cmake b/cmake/PreprocessorUtils.cmake
deleted file mode 100644
index 7fb135bd3..000000000
--- a/cmake/PreprocessorUtils.cmake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,85 +0,0 @@
-#-------------------------------------------------------------------
-# This file is part of the CMake build system for OGRE
-#     (Object-oriented Graphics Rendering Engine)
-# For the latest info, see http://www.ogre3d.org/
-#
-# The contents of this file are placed in the public domain. Feel
-# free to make use of it in any way you like.
-#-------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-macro(get_preprocessor_entry CONTENTS KEYWORD VARIABLE)
-  string(REGEX MATCH
-    "# *define +${KEYWORD} +((\"([^\n]*)\")|([^ \n]*))"
-    PREPROC_TEMP_VAR
-    ${${CONTENTS}}
-  )
-  if (CMAKE_MATCH_3)
-    set(${VARIABLE} ${CMAKE_MATCH_3})
-  else ()
-    set(${VARIABLE} ${CMAKE_MATCH_4})
-  endif ()
-endmacro()
-
-macro(has_preprocessor_entry CONTENTS KEYWORD VARIABLE)
-  string(REGEX MATCH
-    "\n *# *define +(${KEYWORD})"
-    PREPROC_TEMP_VAR
-    ${${CONTENTS}}
-  )
-  if (CMAKE_MATCH_1)
-    set(${VARIABLE} TRUE)
-  else ()
-    set(${VARIABLE} FALSE)
-  endif ()
-endmacro()
-
-macro(replace_preprocessor_entry VARIABLE KEYWORD NEW_VALUE)
-  string(REGEX REPLACE 
-    "(// *)?# *define +${KEYWORD} +[^ \n]*"
-        "#define ${KEYWORD} ${NEW_VALUE}"
-        ${VARIABLE}_TEMP
-        ${${VARIABLE}}
-  )
-  set(${VARIABLE} ${${VARIABLE}_TEMP})  
-endmacro()
-
-macro(set_preprocessor_entry VARIABLE KEYWORD ENABLE)
-  if (${ENABLE})
-    set(TMP_REPLACE_STR "#define ${KEYWORD}")
-  else ()
-    set(TMP_REPLACE_STR "// #define ${KEYWORD}")
-  endif ()
-  string(REGEX REPLACE 
-    "(// *)?# *define +${KEYWORD} *\n"
-        ${TMP_REPLACE_STR}
-        ${VARIABLE}_TEMP
-        ${${VARIABLE}}
-  )
-  set(${VARIABLE} ${${VARIABLE}_TEMP})  
-endmacro()
-
-
-# get_version_from_n_defines(result_version_name header_path [list of defines...])
-#
-# get_version_from_n_defines(MyPackage_VERSION /Header/Path/HeaderName.h
-#     MYPACKAGE_VERSION_MAJOR
-#     MYPACKAGE_VERSION_MINOR
-# )
-# Function call will get the values of defines MYPACKAGE_VERSION_MAJOR & MYPACKAGE_VERSION_MINOR
-#  from header and set "${MYPACKAGE_VERSION_MAJOR}.${MYPACKAGE_VERSION_MINOR}" into MyPackage_VERSION
-#
-
-function(get_version_from_n_defines OUT_VAR HEADER_PATH)
-    if (NOT EXISTS ${HEADER_PATH})
-        message(FATAL_ERROR "Unable to find '${HEADER_PATH}'")
-        return()
-    endif ()
-    file(READ ${HEADER_PATH} _CONTENT)
-    unset(_DEFINES_LIST)
-    foreach (_DEFINE_NAME ${ARGN})
-        get_preprocessor_entry(_CONTENT ${_DEFINE_NAME} _DEFINE_VALUE)
-        list(APPEND _DEFINES_LIST ${_DEFINE_VALUE})
-    endforeach()
-    string(REPLACE ";" "." _VERSION "${_DEFINES_LIST}")
-    set(${OUT_VAR} "${_VERSION}" PARENT_SCOPE)
-endfunction()