diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 4e809665..19e1e75d 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ elseif (MINGW)
 	message(STATUS "Using MinGW-compatible exception model")
 	list(APPEND libobjc_CXX_SRCS objcxx_eh.cc objcxx_eh_mingw.cc)
 else ()
-	separate_arguments(EH_PERSONALITY_FLAGS NATIVE_COMMAND ${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS})
+	set(EH_PERSONALITY_FLAGS "")
 	if (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_TARGET)
 		list(APPEND EH_PERSONALITY_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILE_OPTIONS_TARGET}${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_TARGET}")
 	endif ()