--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -37,7 +37,3 @@ if(NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
 endif()
 string(TOLOWER "${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}" CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE_LOWER)
 
-# get rid of the extra default configurations
-# what? why would you get id of other useful build types? - Ellzey
-set(CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES "Debug;Release" CACHE STRING "Limited configurations" FORCE)
-
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ set(EVENT__LIBRARY_TYPE DEFAULT CACHE STRING
 
 project(libevent C)
 
-set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/")
+list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/")
 string(REGEX MATCH "SunOS" SOLARIS "${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME}")
 
 
@@ -946,7 +946,6 @@ endif()
 # library exists for historical reasons; it contains the contents of
 # both libevent_core and libevent_extra. You shouldn’t use it; it may
 # go away in a future version of Libevent.
-add_event_library(event SOURCES ${SRC_CORE} ${SRC_EXTRA})
 
 set(WIN32_GETOPT)
 if (WIN32)
--- a/cmake/AddEventLibrary.cmake
+++ b/cmake/AddEventLibrary.cmake
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ macro(add_event_library LIB_NAME)
                 COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E create_symlink
                     "$<TARGET_FILE_NAME:${LIB_NAME}_shared>"
                     "${LIB_LINK_NAME}"
-                WORKING_DIRECTORY "lib")
+                WORKING_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/lib")
         endif()
 
         list(APPEND LIBEVENT_SHARED_LIBRARIES "${LIB_NAME}_shared")
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ macro(add_event_library LIB_NAME)
         EXPORT LibeventTargets
         LIBRARY DESTINATION "lib" COMPONENT lib
         ARCHIVE DESTINATION "lib" COMPONENT lib
-        RUNTIME DESTINATION "lib" COMPONENT lib
+        RUNTIME DESTINATION "bin" COMPONENT lib
         PUBLIC_HEADER DESTINATION "include/event2"
         COMPONENT dev
     )