diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 469c3d0990f5e5f3d854f1972764cdd0965acc35..df59b35cc09bf3967a092c4415e6d1cbb0f13242 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,18 +1,12 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.0.0 FATAL_ERROR)
 
-project(reconstruction_benchmarks
-  LANGUAGES CXX
-  )
+project(reconstruction_benchmarks LANGUAGES CXX)
 
 cmake_policy(SET CMP0074 NEW) # use `<PackageName>_ROOT` variables
 include(GNUInstallDirs)
 
-# dependencies
-#------------------------
-
 # ROOT
 find_package(ROOT 6 REQUIRED COMPONENTS Core RIO Hist)
-list(APPEND CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH $ENV{ROOTSYS})
 include(${ROOT_USE_FILE})
 
 # data model
@@ -25,5 +19,4 @@ find_package(spdlog REQUIRED)
 add_compile_definitions(SPDLOG_FMT_EXTERNAL)
 
 # benchmarks
-#------------------------
 add_subdirectory(benchmarks/rich)
diff --git a/benchmarks/rich/CMakeLists.txt b/benchmarks/rich/CMakeLists.txt
index 27200ad89c712045351f008987ad341ba1d6dd38..c73fd86ca084a6890ed746faa9ccbabad4457483 100644
--- a/benchmarks/rich/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/benchmarks/rich/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ list(REMOVE_ITEM algo_sources ${algo_exe_source})
 
 # library
 set(algo_lib ${PROJECT_NAME})
-include_directories(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include)
 add_library(${algo_lib} SHARED ${algo_sources})
+target_include_directories(${algo_lib} PUBLIC ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include)
 target_compile_options(${algo_lib} PRIVATE -Wall -Wno-misleading-indentation)
 
 # executable
@@ -30,14 +30,5 @@ target_link_libraries(${algo_exe}
   )
 
 # installation
-install(FILES
-  ${algo_headers}
-  DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}/${PROJECT_NAME}
-)
-install(TARGETS ${algo_exe} ${algo_lib}
-  EXPORT ${PROJECT_NAME}Targets
-  LIBRARY DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
-  ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
-  RUNTIME DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR}
-  INCLUDES DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}/${CMAKE_PROJECT_NAME}
-)
+install(FILES ${algo_headers} DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}/${PROJECT_NAME})
+install(TARGETS ${algo_exe} ${algo_lib})