diff --git a/cmake/cmkr.cmake b/cmake/cmkr.cmake
index 06d2cbb..4bf9c40 100644
--- a/cmake/cmkr.cmake
+++ b/cmake/cmkr.cmake
@@ -2,15 +2,12 @@ include_guard()
 
 # Disable cmkr if no cmake.toml file is found
 if(NOT EXISTS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake.toml)
-    message(STATUS "[cmkr] Not found: ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake.toml")
+    message(AUTHOR_WARNING "[cmkr] Not found: ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake.toml")
     macro(cmkr)
     endmacro()
     return()
 endif()
 
-# Add a build-time dependency on the contents of cmake.toml to regenerate the CMakeLists.txt when modified
-configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake.toml ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/cmake.toml COPYONLY)
-
 # Helper macro to execute a process (COMMAND_ERROR_IS_FATAL ANY is 3.19 and higher)
 macro(cmkr_exec)
     execute_process(COMMAND ${ARGV} RESULT_VARIABLE CMKR_EXEC_RESULT)
diff --git a/src/cmkrlib/gen.cpp b/src/cmkrlib/gen.cpp
index 7f0faef..f16a293 100644
--- a/src/cmkrlib/gen.cpp
+++ b/src/cmkrlib/gen.cpp
@@ -334,8 +334,11 @@ int generate_cmake(const char *path, bool root) {
         }
     };
 
-    comment("This file was generated automatically by cmkr.").endl();
     // TODO: add link with proper documentation
+    comment("This file was generated automatically by cmkr.").endl();
+
+    comment("Create a configure-time dependency on cmake.toml to improve IDE support");
+    cmd("configure_file")("cmake.toml", "cmake.toml", "COPYONLY").endl();
 
     cmake::CMake cmake(path, false);