diff --git a/cmake/QtTestHelpers.cmake b/cmake/QtTestHelpers.cmake
index f64e25b6764..e84a9bfa6b0 100644
--- a/cmake/QtTestHelpers.cmake
+++ b/cmake/QtTestHelpers.cmake
@@ -100,6 +100,10 @@ function(qt_internal_add_manual_test target)
     qt_internal_add_test(${ARGV} MANUAL)
 endfunction()
 
+macro(qt_internal_skip_docker_compose)
+    set(QT_SKIP_DOCKER_COMPOSE ON CACHE BOOL "Skip setting docker on Linux." FORCE)
+endmacro()
+
 # This function will configure the fixture for the network tests that require docker network services
 # qmake counterpart: qtbase/mkspecs/features/unsupported/testserver.prf
 function(qt_internal_setup_docker_test_fixture name)
@@ -119,6 +123,7 @@ function(qt_internal_setup_docker_test_fixture name)
     find_program(QT_DOCKER_COMPOSE docker-compose)
     if (NOT QT_DOCKER_COMPOSE)
         message(WARNING "docker-compose was not found. Docker network tests will not be run.")
+        qt_internal_skip_docker_compose()
         return()
     endif()
     if (NOT DEFINED QT_DOCKER_COMPOSE_VERSION)
@@ -130,20 +135,17 @@ function(qt_internal_setup_docker_test_fixture name)
     find_program(QT_DOCKER docker)
     if (NOT QT_DOCKER)
         message(WARNING "docker was not found. Docker network tests will not be run.")
+        qt_internal_skip_docker_compose()
         return()
     endif()
     if (NOT DEFINED QT_DOCKER_TEST_SERVER)
         execute_process(COMMAND "${QT_DOCKER}" images -aq "qt-test-server-*" OUTPUT_VARIABLE QT_DOCKER_TEST_SERVER)
         if (NOT QT_DOCKER_TEST_SERVER)
-            get_cmake_property(warning_shown QT_TEST_DOCKER_WARNING_SHOWN)
-            if(warning_shown)
-                return()
-            endif()
-            set_property(GLOBAL PROPERTY QT_TEST_DOCKER_WARNING_SHOWN ON)
             message(WARNING
                 "Docker image qt-test-server-* not found.\n"
                 "Run the provisioning script (coin/provisioning/.../testserver/docker_testserver.sh) in advance\n"
                 "Docker network tests will not be run.")
+            qt_internal_skip_docker_compose()
             return()
         endif()
         set(QT_DOCKER_TEST_SERVER "ON" CACHE BOOL "docker qt-test-server-* present")