diff --git a/CMake/GenerateExportHeader.cmake b/CMake/GenerateExportHeader.cmake
index ecfae31..80244df 100644
--- a/CMake/GenerateExportHeader.cmake
+++ b/CMake/GenerateExportHeader.cmake
@@ -163,10 +163,10 @@ endmacro()
 macro(_test_compiler_hidden_visibility)
 
   if(CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX)
-    execute_process(COMMAND ${CMAKE_C_COMPILER} ARGS --version
+    execute_process(COMMAND ${CMAKE_C_COMPILER} --version
       OUTPUT_VARIABLE _gcc_version_info
       ERROR_VARIABLE _gcc_version_info)
-    string(REGEX MATCH "[345]\\.[0-9]\\.[0-9]*"
+    string(REGEX MATCH "[3-9]\\.[0-9]\\.[0-9]*"
       _gcc_version "${_gcc_version_info}")
     # gcc on mac just reports: "gcc (GCC) 3.3 20030304 ..." without the
     # patch level, handle this here:
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ macro(_test_compiler_hidden_visibility)
   endif()
 
   if(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "Intel")
-    execute_process(COMMAND ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER} ARGS -V
+    execute_process(COMMAND ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER} -V
       OUTPUT_VARIABLE _intel_version_info
       ERROR_VARIABLE _intel_version_info)
     string(REGEX REPLACE ".*Version ([0-9]+(\\.[0-9]+)+).*" "\\1"
diff --git a/CMake/vtkCompilerExtras.cmake b/CMake/vtkCompilerExtras.cmake
index e39bd30..4dc928a 100644
--- a/CMake/vtkCompilerExtras.cmake
+++ b/CMake/vtkCompilerExtras.cmake
@@ -28,11 +28,11 @@ if(CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX)
   endif()
 
   # Now check if we can use visibility to selectively export symbols
-  execute_process(COMMAND ${CMAKE_C_COMPILER} ARGS --version
+  execute_process(COMMAND ${CMAKE_C_COMPILER} --version
     OUTPUT_VARIABLE _gcc_version_info
     ERROR_VARIABLE _gcc_version_info)
 
-  string (REGEX MATCH "[345]\\.[0-9]\\.[0-9]*"
+  string (REGEX MATCH "[3-9]\\.[0-9]\\.[0-9]*"
     _gcc_version "${_gcc_version_info}")
   if(NOT _gcc_version)
     string (REGEX REPLACE ".*\\(GCC\\).*([34]\\.[0-9]).*" "\\1.0"