diff --git a/cmake/BornAgain/PackSource.cmake b/cmake/BornAgain/PackSource.cmake
index d7dd672e1f4090be88e138ae7536b58c67d7d311..2aca23d3aef3e78b84682c2a6bbf66311d1cea1d 100644
--- a/cmake/BornAgain/PackSource.cmake
+++ b/cmake/BornAgain/PackSource.cmake
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ set(CPACK_ARCHIVE_FILE_NAME ${CMAKE_PROJECT_NAME}-${CMAKE_PROJECT_VERSION}.tgz)
 set(CPACK_SOURCE_GENERATOR "TGZ")
 
 set(CPACK_SOURCE_IGNORE_FILES
-#    ${CPACK_SOURCE_IGNORE_FILES} # is there a default ?
     ~$
     /CMakeLists.txt.user
     /devtools/deploy
diff --git a/mvvm/cmake/modules/installation.cmake b/mvvm/cmake/modules/installation.cmake
index 789f81f0277f0456cb9b5d691d875e45647043ec..4ff10cd6fd4ca62a7f42c40f8d22b4badc69f01d 100644
--- a/mvvm/cmake/modules/installation.cmake
+++ b/mvvm/cmake/modules/installation.cmake
@@ -43,30 +43,3 @@ write_basic_package_version_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/MVVMConfigVersion.c
     ${PROJECT_VERSION} COMPATIBILITY AnyNewerVersion)
 
 install(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/MVVMConfigVersion.cmake DESTINATION ${INSTALL_CONFIGDIR})
-
-
-# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# TarBall
-# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-# Generating the source package
-set(CPACK_SOURCE_GENERATOR "TGZ")
-set(CPACK_SOURCE_PACKAGE_FILE_NAME "qt-mvvm-${MVVM_BUILDVERSION}")
-
-set(CPACK_SOURCE_IGNORE_FILES
-    ${CPACK_SOURCE_IGNORE_FILES} # first take the default parameters
-    "/\\\\.git/"
-    "/\\\\.gitattributes$"
-    "/\\\\.github/"
-    "/\\\\.gitmodules"
-    "/\\\\.gitignore$"
-    "/\\\\.tokeignore$"
-    "/\\\\.clang-format"
-    "/\\\\.clang-tidy"
-    "qt-mvvm.code*"
-    "CMakeLists.txt.user"
-    "build/"
-    "/\\\\.ccache"
-)
-
-include(CPack)