diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index cc2264a16..59bacf0f5 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1838,8 +1838,6 @@ elseif(APPLE)
   if(SDL_FILE)
     file(GLOB EXTRA_SOURCES ${SDL2_SOURCE_DIR}/src/file/cocoa/*.m)
     set(SOURCE_FILES ${EXTRA_SOURCES} ${SOURCE_FILES})
-    # !!! FIXME: modern CMake doesn't need "LANGUAGE C" for Objective-C.
-    set_source_files_properties(${EXTRA_SOURCES} PROPERTIES LANGUAGE C)
     set(HAVE_SDL_FILE TRUE)
   endif()
 
@@ -1860,8 +1858,6 @@ elseif(APPLE)
   if(SDL_AUDIO)
     set(SDL_AUDIO_DRIVER_COREAUDIO 1)
     file(GLOB AUDIO_SOURCES ${SDL2_SOURCE_DIR}/src/audio/coreaudio/*.m)
-    # !!! FIXME: modern CMake doesn't need "LANGUAGE C" for Objective-C.
-    set_source_files_properties(${AUDIO_SOURCES} PROPERTIES LANGUAGE C)
     set(SOURCE_FILES ${SOURCE_FILES} ${AUDIO_SOURCES})
     set(HAVE_SDL_AUDIO TRUE)
     set(SDL_FRAMEWORK_COREAUDIO 1)
@@ -1961,8 +1957,6 @@ elseif(APPLE)
   if(SDL_FILESYSTEM)
     set(SDL_FILESYSTEM_COCOA 1)
     file(GLOB FILESYSTEM_SOURCES ${SDL2_SOURCE_DIR}/src/filesystem/cocoa/*.m)
-    # !!! FIXME: modern CMake doesn't need "LANGUAGE C" for Objective-C.
-    set_source_files_properties(${FILESYSTEM_SOURCES} PROPERTIES LANGUAGE C)
     set(SOURCE_FILES ${SOURCE_FILES} ${FILESYSTEM_SOURCES})
     set(HAVE_SDL_FILESYSTEM TRUE)
   endif()