diff --git a/utils/nightly/gmsh.ctest b/utils/nightly/gmsh.ctest
index e1b21876d22a544b152a4ea53273eff509afd107..93422cb6921d3cc028caa22dc0083ec33f47169a 100644
--- a/utils/nightly/gmsh.ctest
+++ b/utils/nightly/gmsh.ctest
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@
 set(CTEST_SITE "ace36.montefiore")
 
 set(CTEST_SOURCE_DIRECTORY "$ENV{HOME}/src/gmsh")
-set(CTEST_BINARY_DIRECTORY "$ENV{HOME}/src/gmsh/bin")
-set(CTEST_CMAKE_GENERATOR "Unix Makefiles")
 set(CTEST_BUILD_CONFIGURATION "RelWithDebInfo")
 
 set(CTEST_SVN_REPOS https://geuz.org/svn/gmsh/trunk)
diff --git a/utils/nightly/gmsh_linux.ctest b/utils/nightly/gmsh_linux.ctest
index a3090ca7733c14f200cabcb354c68619e359e506..ee1d6429891a7b29d38ea4a75a560df910232bc2 100644
--- a/utils/nightly/gmsh_linux.ctest
+++ b/utils/nightly/gmsh_linux.ctest
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 # bugs and problems to the public mailing list <gmsh@geuz.org>.
 
 set(CTEST_CMAKE_COMMAND "/usr/bin/cmake")
+set(CTEST_BINARY_DIRECTORY "$ENV{HOME}/src/gmsh/bin")
+set(CTEST_CMAKE_GENERATOR "Unix Makefiles")
 
 set(WEB_BIN "geuzaine@geuz.org:/home/www/geuz.org/gmsh/bin/Linux")
 
diff --git a/utils/nightly/gmsh_linux64.ctest b/utils/nightly/gmsh_linux64.ctest
index 530772abdc8f27a8dc47cf9f5a3b04baac55b094..3edb9aa14663dbe672c1a95249edaeae7f1c817b 100644
--- a/utils/nightly/gmsh_linux64.ctest
+++ b/utils/nightly/gmsh_linux64.ctest
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 # bugs and problems to the public mailing list <gmsh@geuz.org>.
 
 set(CTEST_CMAKE_COMMAND "/usr/bin/cmake")
+set(CTEST_BINARY_DIRECTORY "$ENV{HOME}/src/gmsh/bin")
+set(CTEST_CMAKE_GENERATOR "Unix Makefiles")
 
 set(WEB_BIN "geuzaine@geuz.org:/home/www/geuz.org/gmsh/bin/Linux")
 
diff --git a/utils/nightly/gmsh_mac.ctest b/utils/nightly/gmsh_mac.ctest
index 11184ebce410c768f7485661b8437ca0f1da8cfc..9d638b6e38a9dd663ce8c4445ee608fd9524ce89 100644
--- a/utils/nightly/gmsh_mac.ctest
+++ b/utils/nightly/gmsh_mac.ctest
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 # bugs and problems to the public mailing list <gmsh@geuz.org>.
 
 set(CTEST_CMAKE_COMMAND "/usr/local/bin/cmake")
+set(CTEST_BINARY_DIRECTORY "$ENV{HOME}/src/gmsh/bin")
+set(CTEST_CMAKE_GENERATOR "Unix Makefiles")
 
 set(WEB_BIN "geuzaine@geuz.org:/home/www/geuz.org/gmsh/bin/MacOSX")
 
diff --git a/utils/nightly/gmsh_win.ctest b/utils/nightly/gmsh_win.ctest
index 399fe16e765a6d413c5dbbb17b9eb53ae335383d..b6dc1eeb3378e0397afa8035bf0a0ffcf717a2cf 100644
--- a/utils/nightly/gmsh_win.ctest
+++ b/utils/nightly/gmsh_win.ctest
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 # bugs and problems to the public mailing list <gmsh@geuz.org>.
 
 set(CTEST_CMAKE_COMMAND "cmake")
+set(CTEST_BINARY_DIRECTORY "$ENV{HOME}/src/gmsh/bin")
+set(CTEST_CMAKE_GENERATOR "Unix Makefiles")
 
 set(WEB_BIN "geuzaine@geuz.org:/home/www/geuz.org/gmsh/bin/Windows")
 
diff --git a/utils/nightly/gmsh_win64.ctest b/utils/nightly/gmsh_win64.ctest
index 2adbc3c0ec4b3e7fa4bd01743eb52f495a63a608..5c94cb5fc4bf90e5ed0c8b01e0c1a2714ed638ec 100644
--- a/utils/nightly/gmsh_win64.ctest
+++ b/utils/nightly/gmsh_win64.ctest
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 # bugs and problems to the public mailing list <gmsh@geuz.org>.
 
 set(CTEST_CMAKE_COMMAND "cmake")
+set(CTEST_BINARY_DIRECTORY "$ENV{HOME}/src/gmsh/bin")
+set(CTEST_CMAKE_GENERATOR "Unix Makefiles")
 
 set(WEB_BIN "geuzaine@geuz.org:/home/www/geuz.org/gmsh/bin/Windows")