diff --git a/cmake/common/utils.cmake b/cmake/common/utils.cmake
index bc3cb7a8..71f2cf76 100644
--- a/cmake/common/utils.cmake
+++ b/cmake/common/utils.cmake
@@ -117,4 +117,17 @@ function(checklib flag type pkg)
   endif()
 endfunction()
 
+function(get_include_dirs output)
+  get_filename_component(generated_sources_dir  ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/generated-sources   ABSOLUTE)
+  get_filename_component(include_dir            ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/include             ABSOLUTE)
+
+  set(${output} ${include_dir} ${generated_sources_dir} PARENT_SCOPE)
+endfunction()
+
+function(get_sources_dirs output)
+  get_filename_component(src_dir                ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src                 ABSOLUTE)
+
+  set(${output} ${src_dir} PARENT_SCOPE)
+endfunction()
+
 # }}}
diff --git a/include/CMakeLists.txt b/include/CMakeLists.txt
index cde79735..d949b689 100644
--- a/include/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/include/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 # Generate settings.hpp
 #
 
-list(APPEND dirs ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR})
-
 if(WITH_XRANDR)
   list(APPEND XPP_EXTENSION_LIST xpp::randr::extension)
 endif()
@@ -20,6 +18,4 @@ configure_file(
   ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/generated-sources/settings.hpp
   ESCAPE_QUOTES)
 
-list(APPEND dirs ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/generated-sources/)
 set(APP_VERSION ${APP_VERSION} PARENT_SCOPE)
-set(dirs ${dirs} PARENT_SCOPE)
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 53e8b5e2..b61aa2b3 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,9 +4,8 @@
 
 # Source tree {{{
 
-get_filename_component(generated_sources_dir  ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/generated-sources   ABSOLUTE)
-get_filename_component(include_dir            ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/include             ABSOLUTE)
-get_filename_component(src_dir                ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}             ABSOLUTE)
+get_include_dirs(includes_dir)
+get_sources_dirs(src_dir)
 
 set(ALSA_SOURCES
   ${src_dir}/adapters/alsa/control.cpp
@@ -135,7 +134,7 @@ set(POLY_SOURCES
 # Target: polybar {{{
 
 add_library(poly STATIC ${POLY_SOURCES})
-target_include_directories(poly PUBLIC ${include_dir} ${generated_sources_dir})
+target_include_directories(poly PUBLIC ${includes_dir})
 target_link_libraries(poly PUBLIC
   Threads::Threads
   Cairo::CairoFC
@@ -176,7 +175,7 @@ if(BUILD_IPC_MSG)
     utils/env.cpp
     utils/file.cpp
     utils/string.cpp)
-  target_include_directories(polybar-msg PRIVATE ${dirs})
+  target_include_directories(polybar-msg PRIVATE ${includes_dir})
   target_compile_options(polybar-msg PUBLIC $<$<CXX_COMPILER_ID:GNU>:$<$<CONFIG:MinSizeRel>:-flto>>)
 
   install(TARGETS polybar-msg
diff --git a/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index 02bfa07f..063aee87 100644
--- a/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-include_directories(${dirs})
-include_directories(${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR})
-
 # Download and unpack googletest at configure time {{{
 configure_file(
   CMakeLists.txt.in
@@ -39,6 +36,8 @@ function(add_unit_test source_file)
   set(name "unit_test.${testname}")
 
   add_executable(${name} unit_tests/${source_file}.cpp)
+  get_include_dirs(includes_dir)
+  target_include_directories(${name} PRIVATE ${includes_dir} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR})
 
   # Link against gmock (this automatically links against gtest)
   target_link_libraries(${name} poly gmock_main)