--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -283,25 +283,8 @@
 # and find LAPACK and BLAS ourselves, using a slightly modified variant of the
 # script Armadillo uses to find these.
 if (WIN32)
-  find_library(LAPACK_LIBRARY
-      NAMES lapack liblapack lapack_win32_MT lapack_win32
-      PATHS "C:/Program Files/Armadillo"
-      PATH_SUFFIXES "examples/lib_win32/")
-
-  if (NOT LAPACK_LIBRARY)
-    message(FATAL_ERROR "Cannot find LAPACK library (.lib)!")
-  endif ()
-
-  find_library(BLAS_LIBRARY
-      NAMES blas libblas blas_win32_MT blas_win32
-      PATHS "C:/Program Files/Armadillo"
-      PATH_SUFFIXES "examples/lib_win32/")
-
-  if (NOT BLAS_LIBRARY)
-    message(FATAL_ERROR "Cannot find BLAS library (.lib)!")
-  endif ()
-
-  # Piggyback LAPACK and BLAS linking into Armadillo link.
+  find_package(LAPACK)
+  find_package(BLAS)
   set(ARMADILLO_LIBRARIES
        ${ARMADILLO_LIBRARIES} ${BLAS_LIBRARY} ${LAPACK_LIBRARY})
 endif ()
@@ -395,19 +378,11 @@
     REQUIRED
 )
 
-link_directories(${Boost_LIBRARY_DIRS})
-
-# In Visual Studio, automatic linking is performed, so we don't need to worry
-# about it.  Clear the list of libraries to link against and let Visual Studio
-# handle it.
-if (MSVC)
-  link_directories(${Boost_LIBRARY_DIRS})
-  set(Boost_LIBRARIES "")
-endif ()
+link_directories(${Boost_LIBRARIES})
 
 set(MLPACK_INCLUDE_DIRS ${MLPACK_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 set(MLPACK_LIBRARIES ${MLPACK_LIBRARIES} ${Boost_LIBRARIES})
-set(MLPACK_LIBRARY_DIRS ${MLPACK_LIBRARY_DIRS} ${Boost_LIBRARY_DIRS})
+set(MLPACK_LIBRARY_DIRS ${MLPACK_LIBRARY_DIRS} ${Boost_LIBRARIES})
 
 # For Boost testing framework (will have no effect on non-testing executables).
 # This specifies to Boost that we are dynamically linking to the Boost test