diff --git a/build_files/cmake/macros.cmake b/build_files/cmake/macros.cmake
index 3d2d19c7685..1340920eafa 100644
--- a/build_files/cmake/macros.cmake
+++ b/build_files/cmake/macros.cmake
@@ -739,10 +739,8 @@ macro(data_to_c
 	add_custom_command(
 		OUTPUT ${file_to}
 		COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E make_directory ${_file_to_path}
-		COMMAND ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin/${CMAKE_CFG_INTDIR}/datatoc
-		        ${file_from}
-		        ${file_to}
-		DEPENDS ${file_from})
+		COMMAND ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin/${CMAKE_CFG_INTDIR}/datatoc ${file_from} ${file_to}
+		DEPENDS ${file_from} datatoc)
 	unset(_file_to_path)
 endmacro()
 
@@ -751,22 +749,21 @@ macro(data_to_c_simple
       file_from
       list_to_add)
 
-	# only to avoid confusion
-	set(_file_to ${file_from}.c)
+	# remove ../'s
+	get_filename_component(_file_from ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${file_from}   REALPATH)
+	get_filename_component(_file_to   ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${file_from}.c REALPATH)
 
-	list(APPEND ${list_to_add} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${_file_to})
+	list(APPEND ${list_to_add} ${_file_to})
 
 	get_filename_component(_file_to_path ${_file_to} PATH)
 
 	add_custom_command(
-		OUTPUT ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${_file_to}
+		OUTPUT  ${_file_to}
 		COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E make_directory ${_file_to_path}
-		COMMAND ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin/${CMAKE_CFG_INTDIR}/datatoc
-		        ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${file_from}
-		        ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${_file_to}
-		DEPENDS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${file_from})
+		COMMAND ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin/${CMAKE_CFG_INTDIR}/datatoc ${_file_from} ${_file_to}
+		DEPENDS ${_file_from} datatoc)
 
-	unset(_var_name)
+	unset(_file_from)
 	unset(_file_to)
 	unset(_file_to_path)
 endmacro()
diff --git a/source/blender/datatoc/datatoc.c b/source/blender/datatoc/datatoc.c
index 7a4e51932a2..d074917a545 100644
--- a/source/blender/datatoc/datatoc.c
+++ b/source/blender/datatoc/datatoc.c
@@ -104,9 +104,11 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	fprintf(fpout, "int datatoc_%s_size = %s;\n", argv[1], sizest);
 	fprintf(fpout, "char datatoc_%s[] = {\n", argv[1]);
 	while (size--) {
+#ifdef VERBOSE
 		if (size % 32 == 31) {
 			fprintf(fpout, "\n");
 		}
+#endif
 
 		/* fprintf (fpout, "\\x%02x", getc(fpin)); */
 		fprintf(fpout, "%3d,", getc(fpin));