diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 64f3b131..f38627bb 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ endif()
 #
 # ##############################################################################
 
-project(tesseract C CXX)
+project(tesseract CXX)
 
 # Get version with components from VERSION file.
 file(STRINGS "VERSION" VERSION_PLAIN)
diff --git a/cmake/Configure.cmake b/cmake/Configure.cmake
index 12448f70..35a9a9bc 100644
--- a/cmake/Configure.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Configure.cmake
@@ -96,13 +96,13 @@ set(include_files_list
     pango-1.0/pango/pango-features.h
     unicode/uchar.h
 )
-check_includes(include_files_list)
+# check_includes(include_files_list)
 
 set(types_list
     "long long int"
     wchar_t
 )
-check_types(types_list)
+# check_types(types_list)
 
 list(APPEND CMAKE_REQUIRED_DEFINITIONS -D_GNU_SOURCE)
 list(APPEND CMAKE_REQUIRED_LIBRARIES -lm)