diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f0bb2e3a7..1f370d8d8 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ modules/*
 modules/*/*
 !modules/*/.gitignore
 !modules/uwd/*
-!modules/uwd/cmake-utils/*
 modules/uwd/joiner
 !modules/hw-core/*
 !modules/acore/*
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index fb4f74bb9..37dcca479 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -25,8 +25,10 @@ set(CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_INSTALL_RPATH 0)
 set(CMAKE_INSTALL_RPATH "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/lib")
 set(CMAKE_INSTALL_RPATH_USE_LINK_PATH 1)
 
+set(AC_PATH_ROOT "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}")
+
 # set macro-directory
-set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/modules/acore/cmake/macros")
+set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${AC_PATH_ROOT}/modules/acore/cmake/macros")
 
 include(CheckCXXSourceRuns)
 include(CheckIncludeFiles)