diff --git a/docs/CMakeLists.txt b/docs/CMakeLists.txt
index b9cad11f..d103cfd5 100644
--- a/docs/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/docs/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ file(MAKE_DIRECTORY ${DOXYGEN_OUTPUT_DIR})
 # configure target that runs Doxygen
 add_custom_command(
   OUTPUT ${DOXYGEN_INDEX_FILE}
-  COMMAND ${DOXYGEN_EXECUTABLE} ${DOXYFILE_OUT}
+  COMMAND ${DOXYGEN_EXECUTABLE} ${DOXYFILE_OUT} > /dev/null
   DEPENDS ${DOXYFILE_IN} ${REMAGE_PUBLIC_HEADERS}
   MAIN_DEPENDENCY ${DOXYFILE_OUT})
 
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/conf.py.in ${SPHINX_SOURCE}/conf.py @
 
 add_custom_command(
   OUTPUT ${SPHINX_INDEX_FILE}
-  COMMAND ${SPHINX_EXECUTABLE} -b html -Dbreathe_projects.remage=${DOXYGEN_OUTPUT_DIR}/xml
+  COMMAND ${SPHINX_EXECUTABLE} -q -b html -Dbreathe_projects.remage=${DOXYGEN_OUTPUT_DIR}/xml
           ${SPHINX_SOURCE} ${SPHINX_BUILD}
   WORKING_DIRECTORY ${SPHINX_SOURCE}
   DEPENDS ${SPHINX_SOURCES} ${SPHINX_IMAGES} ${DOXYGEN_INDEX_FILE}
diff --git a/python/CMakeLists.txt b/python/CMakeLists.txt
index d2aa0a73..5002e54d 100644
--- a/python/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/python/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -13,27 +13,23 @@ configure_file("${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/cpp_utils.py.in"
 set(VENV_DIR "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/python_venv")
 
 add_custom_command(
-  OUTPUT "${VENV_DIR}/bin/activate"
-  COMMAND "${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE}" -m venv "${VENV_DIR}"
-  COMMAND "${VENV_DIR}/bin/python" -m pip install --upgrade pip
-  COMMAND "${VENV_DIR}/bin/python" -m pip install uv)
+  OUTPUT "${VENV_DIR}/bin/uv"
+  COMMAND "${Python3_EXECUTABLE}" -m venv "${VENV_DIR}"
+  COMMAND "${VENV_DIR}/bin/python" -m pip -q install --no-warn-script-location --upgrade pip
+  COMMAND "${VENV_DIR}/bin/python" -m pip -q install --no-warn-script-location uv
+  COMMENT "Configuring Python virtual environment")
 
-add_custom_target(
-  python-virtualenv
-  DEPENDS "${VENV_DIR}/bin/activate"
-  COMMENT "Configuring Python virtual environment in ${VENV_DIR}")
+add_custom_target(python-virtualenv DEPENDS "${VENV_DIR}/bin/uv")
 
 # install the remage wrapper package into the virtual environment with uv
 add_custom_command(
   OUTPUT "${VENV_DIR}/bin/remage"
-  COMMAND "${VENV_DIR}/bin/python" -m uv pip install "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}"
-  DEPENDS python-virtualenv)
-
-add_custom_target(
-  remage-cli ALL
-  DEPENDS "${VENV_DIR}/bin/remage"
+  COMMAND "${VENV_DIR}/bin/python" -m uv -q pip install "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}"
+  DEPENDS python-virtualenv
   COMMENT "Installing remage Python wrapper into the virtual environment")
 
+add_custom_target(remage-cli ALL DEPENDS "${VENV_DIR}/bin/remage")
+
 # store the path to the remage executable, needed later in tests
 set_target_properties(remage-cli PROPERTIES PYEXE_PATH "${VENV_DIR}/bin/remage")