diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 99e6a76c..1e0f7a8d 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,33 +1,18 @@
 
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.9)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.9...3.31)
 project(aws-c-auth C)
 
-if (DEFINED CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH)
-    file(TO_CMAKE_PATH "${CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH}" CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH)
+if (NOT IN_SOURCE_BUILD)
+    # this is required so we can use aws-c-common's CMake modules
+    find_package(aws-c-common REQUIRED)
 endif()
 
-if (DEFINED CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX)
-    file(TO_CMAKE_PATH "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}" CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX)
-endif()
-
-
-if (UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
-    include(GNUInstallDirs)
-elseif(NOT DEFINED CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR)
-    set(CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR "lib")
-endif()
-
-# This is required in order to append /lib/cmake to each element in CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH
-set(AWS_MODULE_DIR "/${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/cmake")
-string(REPLACE ";" "${AWS_MODULE_DIR};" AWS_MODULE_PATH "${CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH}${AWS_MODULE_DIR}")
-# Append that generated list to the module search path
-list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${AWS_MODULE_PATH})
-
 include(AwsCFlags)
 include(AwsCheckHeaders)
 include(AwsSharedLibSetup)
 include(AwsSanitizers)
 include(AwsFindPackage)
+include(GNUInstallDirs)
 
 option(BUILD_RELOCATABLE_BINARIES
         "Build Relocatable Binaries, this will turn off features that will fail on older kernels than used for the build."
@@ -89,7 +74,7 @@ target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} PUBLIC ${DEP_AWS_LIBS})
 
 aws_prepare_shared_lib_exports(${PROJECT_NAME})
 
-install(FILES ${AWS_AUTH_ROOT_HEADERS} DESTINATION "include/aws/auth" COMPONENT Development)
+install(FILES ${AWS_AUTH_ROOT_HEADERS} DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}/aws/auth" COMPONENT Development)
 
 if (BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
    set (TARGET_DIR "shared")
@@ -98,7 +83,7 @@ else()
 endif()
 
 install(EXPORT "${PROJECT_NAME}-targets"
-        DESTINATION "${LIBRARY_DIRECTORY}/${PROJECT_NAME}/cmake/${TARGET_DIR}/"
+        DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/cmake/${PROJECT_NAME}/${TARGET_DIR}/"
         NAMESPACE AWS::
         COMPONENT Development)
 
@@ -107,7 +92,7 @@ configure_file("cmake/${PROJECT_NAME}-config.cmake"
         @ONLY)
 
 install(FILES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${PROJECT_NAME}-config.cmake"
-        DESTINATION "${LIBRARY_DIRECTORY}/${PROJECT_NAME}/cmake/"
+        DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/cmake/${PROJECT_NAME}/"
         COMPONENT Development)
 
 include(CTest)