diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 52bd3ab6..e189cf5c 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 # Copyright(c) 2019 spdlog authors Distributed under the MIT License (http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
 
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.13)
-enable_language(C)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.10)
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Start spdlog project
diff --git a/bench/CMakeLists.txt b/bench/CMakeLists.txt
index bac67440..25a94558 100644
--- a/bench/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/bench/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Copyright(c) 2019 spdlog authors Distributed under the MIT License (http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
 
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.13)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.10)
 project(spdlog_bench CXX)
 
 if(NOT TARGET spdlog)
diff --git a/example/CMakeLists.txt b/example/CMakeLists.txt
index dec90d9c..83336e98 100644
--- a/example/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/example/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Copyright(c) 2019 spdlog authors Distributed under the MIT License (http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
 
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.13)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.10)
 project(spdlog_examples CXX)
 
 if(NOT TARGET spdlog)
diff --git a/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index d4df2a68..fc97ea89 100644
--- a/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.13)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.10)
 project(spdlog_utests CXX)
 
 if (NOT TARGET spdlog)