diff --git a/Installation/INSTALL b/Installation/INSTALL
index 27cd7f22f03..077e2bffe31 100644
--- a/Installation/INSTALL
+++ b/Installation/INSTALL
@@ -30,10 +30,8 @@ To install CGAL, you need 'cmake' and several third-party libraries.
 Some are mandatory for entire CGAL, some are mandatory for particular 
 CGAL packages, some are only needed for demos.
 
-   * CMake (>= 2.4.8), the build system used by CGAL
+   * CMake (>= 2.6.0), the build system used by CGAL
      Required for building CGAL
-     CMake >= 2.6 is recommended, since it supports a cross platform GUI
-     http://www.cmake.org/
 
    * Boost (>= 1.34.1)
      Required for building CGAL and for applications using CGAL
diff --git a/Installation/doc_tex/Installation/installation.tex b/Installation/doc_tex/Installation/installation.tex
index 555d02eb666..6f135163ce0 100644
--- a/Installation/doc_tex/Installation/installation.tex
+++ b/Installation/doc_tex/Installation/installation.tex
@@ -112,8 +112,7 @@ In order to build the \cgal\ libraries, you need a \CC\ compiler.
 In order to configure, build and install the \cgal\ libraries, examples and
 demos, you need \cmake, a cross-platform ``makefile generator''.
 If \cmake\ is not installed already you can obtain it from \cmakepage.
-\cmake\ version~2.4-patch-8 or higher is required, but we recommend
-using \cmake\ version~2.6 or higher.
+\cmake\ version~2.6.0 or higher is required.
 
 
 \subsection{boost}