diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 824b13e3..06348895 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -383,11 +383,13 @@ endif()
 
 # Make some tweaks if we're using MSVC
 if(MSVC)
-	target_compile_definitions(CSE2 PRIVATE _CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS)	# Disable warnings that normally fire up on MSVC when using "unsafe" functions instead of using MSVC's "safe" _s functions
+	# Disable warnings that normally fire up on MSVC when using "unsafe" functions instead of using MSVC's "safe" _s functions
+	target_compile_definitions(CSE2 PRIVATE _CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS)
+
+	# Make it so source files are recognized as UTF-8 by MSVC
+	target_compile_options(CSE2 PRIVATE "/utf-8")
 endif()
 
-# Make it so source files are recognized as UTF-8 by MSVC
-add_compile_options("$<$<CXX_COMPILER_ID:MSVC>:/utf-8>")
 
 # Build bin2h externally, so it isn't cross-compiled when CSE2 is (Emscripten, cross-GCC, MinGW on Linux, etc.)
 include(ExternalProject)