diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index edbe5b44b..3437ef3fd 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16.0 FATAL_ERROR)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.26.0 FATAL_ERROR)
 
 set(CMAKE_SYSTEM_VERSION 10.0 CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 20 CACHE STRING "The C++ standard to use")
@@ -195,8 +195,7 @@ find_package(Python3 COMPONENTS Interpreter)
 # Target to generate OTRs
 add_custom_target(
     ExtractAssets
-    # CMake versions prior to 3.17 do not have the rm command, use remove instead for older versions
-    COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E $<IF:$<VERSION_LESS:${CMAKE_VERSION},3.17>,remove,rm> -f oot.otr oot-mq.otr soh.otr
+    COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E rm -f oot.otr oot-mq.otr soh.otr
     COMMAND ${Python3_EXECUTABLE} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/OTRExporter/extract_assets.py -z "$<TARGET_FILE:ZAPD>" --non-interactive --xml-root ../soh/assets/xml --custom-otr-file soh.otr "--custom-assets-path" ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/soh/assets/custom --port-ver "${CMAKE_PROJECT_VERSION}"
     COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -DSYSTEM_NAME=${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} -DTARGET_DIR="$<TARGET_FILE_DIR:ZAPD>" -DSOURCE_DIR=${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} -DBINARY_DIR=${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR} -P ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/copy-existing-otrs.cmake
     WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/OTRExporter
@@ -217,8 +216,7 @@ add_custom_target(
 # Target to generate only soh.otr
 add_custom_target(
     GenerateSohOtr
-    # CMake versions prior to 3.17 do not have the rm command, use remove instead for older versions
-    COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E $<IF:$<VERSION_LESS:${CMAKE_VERSION},3.17>,remove,rm> -f soh.otr
+    COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E rm -f soh.otr
     COMMAND ${Python3_EXECUTABLE} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/OTRExporter/extract_assets.py -z "$<TARGET_FILE:ZAPD>" --norom --custom-otr-file soh.otr "--custom-assets-path" ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/soh/assets/custom --port-ver "${CMAKE_PROJECT_VERSION}"
     COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -DSYSTEM_NAME=${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} -DTARGET_DIR="$<TARGET_FILE_DIR:ZAPD>" -DSOURCE_DIR=${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} -DBINARY_DIR=${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR} -DONLYSOHOTR=On -P ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/copy-existing-otrs.cmake
     WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/OTRExporter