diff --git a/examples/main-cmake-pkg/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/main-cmake-pkg/CMakeLists.txt
index cb00edbbb..19a6033a7 100644
--- a/examples/main-cmake-pkg/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/main-cmake-pkg/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ find_package(Llama 0.0.1 REQUIRED)
 # using the relocatable Llama package should be outside of the
 # source tree, main-cmake-pkg pretends the dependencies are built-in.
 
+# WARNING: because build-info.cpp is auto-generated, it will only
+# be available after the user has built the llama.cpp sources.
+
 set(_common_path "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/../../common")
 add_library(common OBJECT
     ${_common_path}/common.h
@@ -18,18 +21,9 @@ add_library(common OBJECT
     ${_common_path}/grammar-parser.cpp
     ${_common_path}/sampling.h
     ${_common_path}/sampling.cpp
+    ${_common_path}/build-info.cpp
     )
 
-# WARNING: because build-info.h is auto-generated, it will only
-# be available after the user has built the llama.cpp sources.
-#
-configure_file(${_common_path}/../build-info.h
-    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/build-info.h
-    COPYONLY)
-
-target_include_directories(common PUBLIC ${LLAMA_INCLUDE_DIR}
-    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})
-
 # If the common project was part of "main-cmake-pkg" the transient
 # defines would automatically be attached. Because the common func-
 # tionality is separate, but dependent upon the defines, it must be