diff --git a/docs/README.md b/docs/README.md
index 8880007f..dffaaaa2 100644
--- a/docs/README.md
+++ b/docs/README.md
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ Rule for building external library with CMake.
 | <a id="cmake-headers_only"></a>headers_only |  __deprecated__: Use <code>out_headers_only</code> instead.   | Boolean | optional | False |
 | <a id="cmake-install"></a>install |  If True, the <code>cmake --install</code> comand will be performed after a build   | Boolean | optional | True |
 | <a id="cmake-install_args"></a>install_args |  Arguments for the CMake install command   | List of strings | optional | [] |
-| <a id="cmake-install_prefix"></a>install_prefix |  Relative install prefix to be passed to CMake in <code>-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX</code>   | String | optional | "" |
+| <a id="cmake-install_prefix"></a>install_prefix |  __deprecated__: This field is deprecated and is no longer used.   | String | optional | "" |
 | <a id="cmake-interface_libraries"></a>interface_libraries |  __deprecated__: Use <code>out_interface_libs</code> instead.   | List of strings | optional | [] |
 | <a id="cmake-lib_name"></a>lib_name |  Library name. Defines the name of the install directory and the name of the static library, if no output files parameters are defined (any of static_libraries, shared_libraries, interface_libraries, binaries_names) Optional. If not defined, defaults to the target's name.   | String | optional | "" |
 | <a id="cmake-lib_source"></a>lib_source |  Label with source code to build. Typically a filegroup for the source of remote repository. Mandatory.   | <a href="https://bazel.build/docs/build-ref.html#labels">Label</a> | required |  |
diff --git a/examples/cmake_hello_world_variant/BUILD.bazel b/examples/cmake_hello_world_variant/BUILD.bazel
deleted file mode 100644
index 53ca451a..00000000
--- a/examples/cmake_hello_world_variant/BUILD.bazel
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-load("@rules_foreign_cc//foreign_cc:defs.bzl", "cmake")
-
-cmake(
-    name = "hello_world",
-    generate_args = ["-GNinja"],
-    lib_source = "@cmake_hello_world_variant_src//:all",
-    out_binaries = select({
-        "//:macos": ["CMakeHelloWorld"],
-        "//:windows": ["CMakeHelloWorld.exe"],
-        "//conditions:default": ["CMakeHelloWorld"],
-    }),
-)
-
-filegroup(
-    name = "binary",
-    srcs = [":hello_world"],
-    output_group = select({
-        "//:macos": "CMakeHelloWorld",
-        "//:windows": "CMakeHelloWorld.exe",
-        "//conditions:default": "CMakeHelloWorld",
-    }),
-)
-
-sh_test(
-    name = "test_hello_world",
-    srcs = ["test_hello_world.sh"],
-    args = ["$(location :binary)"],
-    data = [":binary"],
-    deps = ["@bazel_tools//tools/bash/runfiles"],
-)
diff --git a/examples/cmake_hello_world_variant/test_hello_world.sh b/examples/cmake_hello_world_variant/test_hello_world.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 1f575316..00000000
--- a/examples/cmake_hello_world_variant/test_hello_world.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-# --- begin runfiles.bash initialization ---
-# The runfiles library itself defines rlocation which you would need to look
-# up the library's runtime location, thus we have a chicken-and-egg problem.
-#
-# Copy-pasted from Bazel's Bash runfiles library (tools/bash/runfiles/runfiles.bash).
-set -euo pipefail
-if [[ ! -d "${RUNFILES_DIR:-/dev/null}" && ! -f "${RUNFILES_MANIFEST_FILE:-/dev/null}" ]]; then
-  if [[ -f "$0.runfiles_manifest" ]]; then
-    export RUNFILES_MANIFEST_FILE="$0.runfiles_manifest"
-  elif [[ -f "$0.runfiles/MANIFEST" ]]; then
-    export RUNFILES_MANIFEST_FILE="$0.runfiles/MANIFEST"
-  elif [[ -f "$0.runfiles/bazel_tools/tools/bash/runfiles/runfiles.bash" ]]; then
-    export RUNFILES_DIR="$0.runfiles"
-  fi
-fi
-if [[ -f "${RUNFILES_DIR:-/dev/null}/bazel_tools/tools/bash/runfiles/runfiles.bash" ]]; then
-  source "${RUNFILES_DIR}/bazel_tools/tools/bash/runfiles/runfiles.bash"
-elif [[ -f "${RUNFILES_MANIFEST_FILE:-/dev/null}" ]]; then
-  source "$(grep -m1 "^bazel_tools/tools/bash/runfiles/runfiles.bash " \
-            "$RUNFILES_MANIFEST_FILE" | cut -d ' ' -f 2-)"
-else
-  echo >&2 "ERROR: cannot find @bazel_tools//tools/bash/runfiles:runfiles.bash"
-  exit 1
-fi
-# --- end runfiles.bash initialization ---
-
-$(rlocation $TEST_WORKSPACE/$1)
diff --git a/examples/deps/repositories.bzl b/examples/deps/repositories.bzl
index b45233da..7160f7f3 100644
--- a/examples/deps/repositories.bzl
+++ b/examples/deps/repositories.bzl
@@ -32,15 +32,3 @@ def repositories():
         sha256 = RULES_JVM_EXTERNAL_SHA,
         url = "https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_jvm_external/archive/%s.zip" % RULES_JVM_EXTERNAL_TAG,
     )
-
-    maybe(
-        http_archive,
-        name = "cmake_hello_world_variant_src",
-        build_file_content = """filegroup(name = "all", srcs = glob(["**"]), visibility = ["//visibility:public"])""",
-        strip_prefix = "cmake-hello-world-master",
-        urls = [
-            "https://mirror.bazel.build/github.com/jameskbride/cmake-hello-world/archive/master.zip",
-            "https://github.com/jameskbride/cmake-hello-world/archive/master.zip",
-        ],
-        sha256 = "d613cf222bbb05b8cff7a1c03c37345ed33744a4ebaf3a8bfd5f56a76e25ca08",
-    )
diff --git a/foreign_cc/cmake.bzl b/foreign_cc/cmake.bzl
index caeb39d9..e781dcb7 100644
--- a/foreign_cc/cmake.bzl
+++ b/foreign_cc/cmake.bzl
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ def _cmake_impl(ctx):
         generate_args = generate_args,
         configure_name = "CMake",
         create_configure_script = _create_configure_script,
-        postfix_script = "##copy_dir_contents_to_dir## $$BUILD_TMPDIR$$/$$INSTALL_PREFIX$$ $$INSTALLDIR$$\n" + ctx.attr.postfix_script,
         tools_deps = tools_deps,
         cmake_path = cmake_data.path,
     )
@@ -117,14 +116,13 @@ def _create_configure_script(configureParameters):
                 config = configuration,
             ))
 
-    define_install_prefix = ["export INSTALL_PREFIX=\"" + _get_install_prefix(ctx) + "\""]
     configure_script = create_cmake_script(
         workspace_name = ctx.workspace_name,
         generator = attrs.generator,
         cmake_path = attrs.cmake_path,
         tools = tools,
         flags = flags,
-        install_prefix = "$$INSTALL_PREFIX$$",
+        install_prefix = "$$INSTALLDIR$$",
         root = root,
         no_toolchain_file = no_toolchain_file,
         user_cache = dict(ctx.attr.cache_entries),
@@ -134,7 +132,7 @@ def _create_configure_script(configureParameters):
         include_dirs = inputs.include_dirs,
         is_debug_mode = is_debug_mode(ctx),
     )
-    return define_install_prefix + configure_script
+    return configure_script
 
 def _get_generator_target(ctx):
     """Parse the genrator arguments for a generator declaration
@@ -206,13 +204,6 @@ def _get_generator_target(ctx):
 
     fail("`{}` is not a known generator".format(generator))
 
-def _get_install_prefix(ctx):
-    if ctx.attr.install_prefix:
-        return ctx.attr.install_prefix
-    if ctx.attr.lib_name:
-        return ctx.attr.lib_name
-    return ctx.attr.name
-
 def _attrs():
     attrs = dict(CC_EXTERNAL_RULE_ATTRIBUTES)
     attrs.update({
@@ -273,7 +264,7 @@ def _attrs():
             mandatory = False,
         ),
         "install_prefix": attr.string(
-            doc = "Relative install prefix to be passed to CMake in `-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX`",
+            doc = "__deprecated__: This field is deprecated and is no longer used.",
             mandatory = False,
         ),
         "make_commands": attr.string_list(