diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e0f2e818f..8095f8554 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -387,7 +387,15 @@ ELSE(WIN32)
 	SET(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -fPIC -DPIC")
 ENDIF(WIN32)
 
-
+# set up apple vars before traversing into data/scripts
+SET(MACOSX_BUNDLE_ICON_FILE "lmms.icns")
+SET(MACOSX_BUNDLE_GUI_IDENTIFIER "LMMS")
+SET(MACOSX_BUNDLE_LONG_VERSION_STRING "${VERSION}")
+SET(MACOSX_BUNDLE_BUNDLE_NAME "LMMS")
+SET(MACOSX_BUNDLE_SHORT_VERSION_STRING "${VERSION}")
+SET(MACOSX_BUNDLE_BUNDLE_VERSION "${VERSION}")
+SET(MACOSX_BUNDLE_COPYRIGHT "Tobias Doerffel, 2008-2010")
+SET(MACOSX_BUNDLE_MIMETYPE "application/x-lmms-project")
 
 # make sub-directories
 ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(plugins)
@@ -663,16 +671,6 @@ SET(MACOSX_BUNDLE_SHORT_VERSION_STRING "${VERSION}")
 SET(MACOSX_BUNDLE_BUNDLE_VERSION "${VERSION}")
 SET(MACOSX_BUNDLE_COPYRIGHT "Tobias Doerffel, 2008-2010")
 SET(MACOSX_BUNDLE_MIMETYPE "application/x-lmms-project")
-IF(LMMS_BUILD_APPLE)
-	CONFIGURE_FILE("${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/data/lmms.plist.in" "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/Info.plist")
-	CONFIGURE_FILE("${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/data/scripts/create_apple_bundle.sh.in" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/create_apple_bundle.sh" @ONLY)
-	CONFIGURE_FILE("${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/data/scripts/create_apple_dmg.sh.in" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/create_apple_dmg.sh" @ONLY)
-	# Add execute permissions to bundle script
-	SET(CHMOD_CMD "chmod")
-	SET(CHMOD_ARG1 "u+x")
-	SET(CHMOD_ARG2 "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/create_apple_bundle.sh")
-	EXECUTE_PROCESS(COMMAND ${CHMOD_CMD} ${CHMOD_ARG1} ${CHMOD_ARG2})
-ENDIF(LMMS_BUILD_APPLE)
 
 SET(CPACK_SOURCE_GENERATOR "TBZ2")
 SET(CPACK_SOURCE_PACKAGE_FILE_NAME "lmms-${VERSION}")