diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index bbdfef47..e694dfc4 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ include(cmake/ide.cmake)
 
 spdlog_extract_version()
 
-cmake_policy(SET CMP0091 NEW) # for choosing msvc static/dynamic runtime library 
-
 project(spdlog VERSION ${SPDLOG_VERSION} LANGUAGES CXX)
 message(STATUS "Build spdlog: ${SPDLOG_VERSION}")
 
@@ -89,7 +87,6 @@ endif()
 if(WIN32)
     option(SPDLOG_WCHAR_SUPPORT "Support wchar api" OFF)
     option(SPDLOG_WCHAR_FILENAMES "Support wchar filenames" OFF)
-    option(SPDLOG_STATIC_VCRT "Force /MT for static VC runtimes" OFF)
 endif()
 if(${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} STREQUAL "Linux")
     option(SPDLOG_CLOCK_COARSE
@@ -127,10 +124,6 @@ if(NOT SPDLOG_FMT_EXTERNAL AND NOT SPDLOG_FMT_EXTERNAL_HO)
     list(APPEND SPDLOG_SRCS src/fmt.cpp)
 endif()
 
-if(MSVC AND SPDLOG_STATIC_VCRT)
-    set(CMAKE_MSVC_RUNTIME_LIBRARY "MultiThreaded$<$<CONFIG:Debug>:Debug>")
-endif()
-
 if(SPDLOG_BUILD_SHARED OR BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
     if(WIN32)
         configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/version.rc.in ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/version.rc @ONLY)
@@ -299,3 +292,4 @@ if(SPDLOG_INSTALL)
     # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     include(cmake/spdlogCPack.cmake)
 endif()
+
diff --git a/cmake/utils.cmake b/cmake/utils.cmake
index d56fc27a..da7c6ef4 100644
--- a/cmake/utils.cmake
+++ b/cmake/utils.cmake
@@ -59,3 +59,4 @@ function(spdlog_enable_sanitizer target_name)
     target_compile_options(${target_name} PRIVATE -fno-omit-frame-pointer)
     target_link_libraries(${target_name} PRIVATE -fsanitize=address,undefined -fuse-ld=gold)
 endfunction()
+