diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 36e54053d7..85c326fec6 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,19 +12,19 @@ include(cmake/validate_special_target.cmake)
 include(cmake/version.cmake)
 desktop_app_parse_version(Telegram/build/version)
 
-set(project_langs C CXX)
-if (APPLE)
-    list(APPEND project_langs OBJC OBJCXX)
-elseif (LINUX)
-    list(APPEND project_langs ASM)
-endif()
-
 project(Telegram
-    LANGUAGES ${project_langs}
+    LANGUAGES C CXX
     VERSION ${desktop_app_version_cmake}
     DESCRIPTION "Official Telegram Desktop messenger"
     HOMEPAGE_URL "https://desktop.telegram.org"
 )
+
+if (APPLE)
+    enable_language(OBJC OBJCXX)
+elseif (LINUX)
+    enable_language(ASM)
+endif()
+
 set_property(DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} PROPERTY VS_STARTUP_PROJECT Telegram)
 
 get_filename_component(third_party_loc "Telegram/ThirdParty" REALPATH)