diff --git a/Installation/cmake/modules/CGAL_CreateSingleSourceCGALProgram.cmake b/Installation/cmake/modules/CGAL_CreateSingleSourceCGALProgram.cmake
index 67d29c1cea9..dfd08721143 100644
--- a/Installation/cmake/modules/CGAL_CreateSingleSourceCGALProgram.cmake
+++ b/Installation/cmake/modules/CGAL_CreateSingleSourceCGALProgram.cmake
@@ -24,7 +24,9 @@ function(create_single_source_cgal_program firstfile )
     endif()
     if(CXX_FEATURES)
       set(MISSING_CXX_FEATURES ${CXX_FEATURES})
-      list(REMOVE_ITEM MISSING_CXX_FEATURES ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILE_FEATURES})
+      if(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILE_FEATURES)
+        list(REMOVE_ITEM MISSING_CXX_FEATURES ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILE_FEATURES})
+      endif()
     endif()
     # Now MISSING_CXX_FEATURES is the set CXX_FEATURES minus CMAKE_CXX_COMPILE_FEATURES
     if(MISSING_CXX_FEATURES)