diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 11b2662a5..e2764d751 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2014,7 +2014,7 @@ if(ENABLE_BUILD_LIB)
 endif()
 if(ENABLE_BUILD_SHARED OR ENABLE_BUILD_DYNAMIC)
   install(TARGETS shared EXPORT gmshTargets
-    RUNTIME DESTINATION ${GMSH_LIB}
+    RUNTIME DESTINATION ${GMSH_BIN}
     ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${GMSH_LIB}
     LIBRARY DESTINATION ${GMSH_LIB}
     OPTIONAL)
@@ -2038,10 +2038,6 @@ if(ENABLE_ONELAB AND EXISTS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/contrib/onelab)
 endif()
 if(ENABLE_BUILD_LIB OR ENABLE_BUILD_SHARED OR ENABLE_BUILD_DYNAMIC)
   install(FILES ${GMSH_API} DESTINATION ${GMSH_INC})
-  install(FILES ${GMSH_PY} DESTINATION ${GMSH_LIB})
-  install(FILES ${GMSH_JL} DESTINATION ${GMSH_LIB})
-  install(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/METADATA DESTINATION
-                ${GMSH_LIB}/gmsh-${GMSH_PYTHON_VERSION}.dist-info)
   if(ENABLE_PRIVATE_API)
     install(FILES ${GMSH_PRIVATE_API} DESTINATION ${GMSH_INC}/gmsh)
     if(HAVE_CONTRIB_EIGEN) # the private API depends on Eigen