diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7d920ab..3e127e5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -17,3 +17,4 @@
 /.vscode
 .atom-build.cson
 .atom-dbg.cson
+/bin
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 5d242a9..1fc29d9 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.1)
 
+# project name
 project(amqpcpp)
 
+# set output directory
+set(LIBRARY_OUTPUT_PATH ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/bin)
+
 # ensure c++11 on all compilers
 set (CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 11)
 
diff --git a/set_cxx_norm.cmake b/set_cxx_norm.cmake
deleted file mode 100644
index da2af82..0000000
--- a/set_cxx_norm.cmake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-# Version
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.6.3)
-
-set(CXX_NORM_CXX98 1)   # C++98
-set(CXX_NORM_CXX03 2)   # C++03
-set(CXX_NORM_CXX11 3)   # C++11
-
-# - Set the wanted C++ norm
-# Adds the good argument to the command line in function of the compiler
-# Currently only works with g++ and clang++
-macro(set_cxx_norm NORM)
-
-    # Extract c++ compiler --version output
-    exec_program(
-        ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER}
-        ARGS --version
-        OUTPUT_VARIABLE _compiler_output
-    )
-    # Keep only the first line
-    string(REGEX REPLACE
-        "(\n.*$)"
-        ""
-        cxx_compiler_version "${_compiler_output}"
-    )
-    # Extract the version number
-    string(REGEX REPLACE
-        "([^0-9.])|([0-9.][^0-9.])"
-        ""
-        cxx_compiler_version "${cxx_compiler_version}"
-    )
-
-    if(CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX)
-
-        if(${NORM} EQUAL ${CXX_NORM_CXX98})
-            add_definitions("-std=c++98")
-        elseif(${NORM} EQUAL ${CXX_NORM_CXX03})
-            add_definitions("-std=c++03")
-        elseif(${NORM} EQUAL ${CXX_NORM_CXX11})
-            if(${cxx_compiler_version} VERSION_LESS "4.7.0")
-                add_definitions("-std=c++0x")
-            else()
-                add_definitions("-std=c++11")
-            endif()
-        endif()
-
-    elseif(${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID} STREQUAL "Clang")
-
-        if(${NORM} EQUAL ${CXX_NORM_CXX11})
-            add_definitions("-std=c++11")
-        endif()
-
-    endif()
-
-endmacro()
-