diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 8a2f59f1..8a48cb4b 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ endif()
 
 
 if (MSVC)
-  GET_FILENAME_COMPONENT(PARENT_DIR ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR} PATH)
+  GET_FILENAME_COMPONENT(PARENT_DIR ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR} DIRECTORY)
   if (CMAKE_CL_64)
     SET(TEST_3RDPARTY_DIR "${PARENT_DIR}/3rdparty.x64")
   else (CMAKE_CL_64)
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ if (MSVC AND MSVC_3RDPARTY_ROOT)
     # if this variable was not set by the user, set it to 3rdparty root's
     # parent dir, which is the normal location for people using our
     # windows-3rd-party repo
-    GET_FILENAME_COMPONENT(MSVC_ROOT_PARENT_DIR ${MSVC_3RDPARTY_ROOT} PATH)
+    get_filename_component(MSVC_ROOT_PARENT_DIR ${MSVC_3RDPARTY_ROOT} DIRECTORY)
     set(BOOST_INCLUDEDIR ${MSVC_ROOT_PARENT_DIR})
     message(STATUS "BOOST_INCLUDEDIR is ${BOOST_INCLUDEDIR}")
   endif()
diff --git a/CMakeModules/BoostTestTargets.cmake b/CMakeModules/BoostTestTargets.cmake
index 3da31265..580bf9d2 100644
--- a/CMakeModules/BoostTestTargets.cmake
+++ b/CMakeModules/BoostTestTargets.cmake
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ if(Boost_FOUND AND NOT "${Boost_VERSION}0" LESS "1034000")
 			set(_boostConfig "BoostTestTargetsDynamic.h")
 		endif()
 	endif()
-	get_filename_component(_moddir ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_FILE} PATH)
+	get_filename_component(_moddir ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_FILE} DIRECTORY)
 	configure_file("${_moddir}/${_boostConfig}"
 		"${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/BoostTestTargetConfig.h"
 		COPYONLY)
diff --git a/CMakeModules/CopyResourcesToBuildTree.cmake b/CMakeModules/CopyResourcesToBuildTree.cmake
index 3512cc48..0593363d 100644
--- a/CMakeModules/CopyResourcesToBuildTree.cmake
+++ b/CMakeModules/CopyResourcesToBuildTree.cmake
@@ -30,12 +30,12 @@ function(copy_resources_to_build_tree _target)
 	endif()
 
 	get_target_property(_path ${_target} LOCATION)
-	get_filename_component(_path "${_path}" PATH)
+	get_filename_component(_path "${_path}" DIRECTORY)
 
 	if(NOT MSVC AND NOT "${CMAKE_GENERATOR}" MATCHES "Makefiles")
 		foreach(_config ${CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES})
 			get_target_property(_path${_config} ${_target} LOCATION_${_config})
-			get_filename_component(_path${_config} "${_path${_config}}" PATH)
+			get_filename_component(_path${_config} "${_path${_config}}" DIRECTORY)
 			add_custom_command(TARGET ${_target}
 						POST_BUILD
 						COMMAND