diff --git a/CMakeInstallation.cmake b/CMakeInstallation.cmake
index 10e4036ca34..2188e36316c 100644
--- a/CMakeInstallation.cmake
+++ b/CMakeInstallation.cmake
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ else ()
   set (BYTESEX little-endian)
 endif ()
 configure_file (
-    ${HDF_RESOURCES_DIR}/libhdf5.settings.cmake.in
+    ${HDF5_SOURCE_DIR}/src/libhdf5.settings.cmake.in
     ${HDF5_SRC_BINARY_DIR}/libhdf5.settings ESCAPE_QUOTES @ONLY
 )
 install (
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 7b8c25c79cc..f9376275f55 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -4445,7 +4445,7 @@ AM_CONDITIONAL([HAVE_SHARED_CONDITIONAL], [test "X$enable_shared" = "Xyes"])
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile
                  doxygen/Doxyfile
                  src/Makefile
-                 src/libhdf5.settings
+                 src/libhdf5.settings:src/libhdf5.settings.autotools.in
                  src/H5build_settings.c:${BUILD_SETTINGS_FILE}
                  test/Makefile
                  test/H5srcdir_str.h
diff --git a/src/libhdf5.settings.in b/src/libhdf5.settings.autotools.in
similarity index 100%
rename from src/libhdf5.settings.in
rename to src/libhdf5.settings.autotools.in
diff --git a/config/cmake/libhdf5.settings.cmake.in b/src/libhdf5.settings.cmake.in
similarity index 100%
rename from config/cmake/libhdf5.settings.cmake.in
rename to src/libhdf5.settings.cmake.in