diff --git a/src/cmd/synergyc/CMakeLists.txt b/src/cmd/synergyc/CMakeLists.txt
index bc169976..e620e459 100644
--- a/src/cmd/synergyc/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/cmd/synergyc/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -61,13 +61,6 @@ target_link_libraries(synergyc
 	arch base client common io mt net ipc platform server synergy ${libs} ${OPENSSL_LIBS})
 
 if (WIN32)
-	add_custom_command(
-		TARGET synergyc
-		POST_BUILD
-		COMMAND xcopy /Y /Q
-			..\\..\\..\\..\\..\\synergy\\bin\\${CMAKE_CFG_INTDIR}\\synergyc.*
-			..\\..\\..\\..\\..\\bin\\${CMAKE_CFG_INTDIR}\\
-	)
 else ()
 	if (CONF_CPACK)
 		install(TARGETS
diff --git a/src/cmd/synergys/CMakeLists.txt b/src/cmd/synergys/CMakeLists.txt
index 2349701b..552f3cd6 100644
--- a/src/cmd/synergys/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/cmd/synergys/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -61,13 +61,6 @@ target_link_libraries(synergys
 	arch base client common io mt net ipc platform server synergy ${libs} ${OPENSSL_LIBS})
 
 if (WIN32)
-	add_custom_command(
-		TARGET synergys
-		POST_BUILD
-		COMMAND xcopy /Y /Q
-			..\\..\\..\\..\\..\\synergy\\bin\\${CMAKE_CFG_INTDIR}\\synergys.*
-			..\\..\\..\\..\\..\\bin\\${CMAKE_CFG_INTDIR}\\
-	)
 else ()
 	if (CONF_CPACK)
 		install(TARGETS
diff --git a/src/cmd/syntool/CMakeLists.txt b/src/cmd/syntool/CMakeLists.txt
index 6f61f1d0..e79ea4a9 100644
--- a/src/cmd/syntool/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/cmd/syntool/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -32,13 +32,6 @@ target_link_libraries(syntool
 	synergy arch base client common io ipc mt net platform server ${libs} ${OPENSSL_LIBS})
 
 if (WIN32)
-	add_custom_command(
-		TARGET syntool
-		POST_BUILD
-		COMMAND xcopy /Y /Q
-			..\\..\\..\\..\\..\\synergy\\bin\\${CMAKE_CFG_INTDIR}\\syntool.*
-			..\\..\\..\\..\\..\\bin\\${CMAKE_CFG_INTDIR}
-	)
 else ()
 	if (CONF_CPACK)
 		install(TARGETS
diff --git a/src/lib/net/CMakeLists.txt b/src/lib/net/CMakeLists.txt
index e34fd40c..62ebe5c4 100644
--- a/src/lib/net/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/lib/net/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -34,23 +34,6 @@ endif()
 
 add_library(net STATIC ${sources})
 
-if (WIN32)
-	add_custom_command(
-		TARGET net
-		POST_BUILD
-		COMMAND xcopy /Y /Q
-			..\\..\\..\\..\\..\\synergy\\ext\\${OPENSSL_PLAT_DIR}\\out32dll\\libeay32.*
-			..\\..\\..\\..\\..\\bin\\${CMAKE_CFG_INTDIR}\\
-	)
-	add_custom_command(
-		TARGET net 
-		POST_BUILD
-		COMMAND xcopy /Y /Q
-			..\\..\\..\\..\\..\\synergy\\ext\\${OPENSSL_PLAT_DIR}\\out32dll\\ssleay32.*
-			..\\..\\..\\..\\..\\bin\\${CMAKE_CFG_INTDIR}\\
-	)
-endif()
-
 if (UNIX)
 	target_link_libraries(net mt io ${OPENSSL_LIBS})
 endif()
diff --git a/src/lib/synwinhk/CMakeLists.txt b/src/lib/synwinhk/CMakeLists.txt
index a0884e83..2a93c936 100644
--- a/src/lib/synwinhk/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/lib/synwinhk/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -29,16 +29,3 @@ add_library(synwinhk SHARED ${sources})
 if (NOT MSVC_VERSION VERSION_LESS 1900)
 	target_link_libraries(synwinhk libucrt)
 endif()
-
-# copy the dlls (and supporting files) from the lib dir to 
-# the bin dir, so that synergyc and synergys can easily find them.
-# we should leave the other libraries compiling to the lib dir,
-# so that the bin dir remains tidy. the path is relative to the
-# build dir (in this case, that's: build\src\lib\platform).
-add_custom_command(
-	TARGET synwinhk 
-	POST_BUILD
-	COMMAND xcopy /Y /Q
-		..\\..\\..\\..\\..\\synergy\\lib\\${CMAKE_CFG_INTDIR}\\synwinhk.*
-		..\\..\\..\\..\\..\\bin\\${CMAKE_CFG_INTDIR}\\
-)