diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2017 The Bitcoin developers
 
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.12)
 project(bitcoin-abc
 	VERSION 0.20.4
-	# TODO add description and homepage when CMake > 3.12 is enforced.
-	# DESCRIPTION "Bitcoin ABC is a full node implementation of the Bitcoin Cash protocol."
-	# HOMEPAGE "https://www.bitcoinabc.org"
+	DESCRIPTION "Bitcoin ABC is a full node implementation of the Bitcoin Cash protocol."
+	HOMEPAGE_URL "https://www.bitcoinabc.org"
 )
 
 # Add path for custom modules
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -187,12 +187,10 @@
 		if(GIT_RESULT EQUAL 0)
 			set(GIT_LOGS_DIR "${GIT_ROOT}/.git/logs")
 			set(GIT_HEAD_LOGS_FILE "${GIT_LOGS_DIR}/HEAD")
-			# If the .git/logs/HEAD, create it
+			# If the .git/logs/HEAD does not exist, create it
 			if(NOT EXISTS "${GIT_HEAD_LOGS_FILE}")
-				# FIXME No longer needed once cmake > 3.10 get enforced.
 				file(MAKE_DIRECTORY "${GIT_LOGS_DIR}")
-				# FIXME Replace with file(TOUCH) when cmake > 3.12 get enforced.
-				file(APPEND "${GIT_HEAD_LOGS_FILE}" "")
+				file(TOUCH "${GIT_HEAD_LOGS_FILE}")
 			endif()
 			set(${RESULT} "${GIT_HEAD_LOGS_FILE}" PARENT_SCOPE)
 		endif()