diff --git a/cmake/QtInternalTargets.cmake b/cmake/QtInternalTargets.cmake
index 7bbedcc1494..b1895ddb3ec 100644
--- a/cmake/QtInternalTargets.cmake
+++ b/cmake/QtInternalTargets.cmake
@@ -317,8 +317,5 @@ function(qt_handle_apple_app_extension_api_only)
         target_link_options(PlatformPluginInternal INTERFACE ${flags})
     endif()
 endfunction()
-function(qt_disable_apple_app_extension_api_only target)
-    set_target_properties("${target}" PROPERTIES QT_NO_APP_EXTENSION_ONLY_API TRUE)
-endfunction()
 
 qt_handle_apple_app_extension_api_only()
diff --git a/cmake/QtTargetHelpers.cmake b/cmake/QtTargetHelpers.cmake
index 99e84a2cd7d..e6e89ac250f 100644
--- a/cmake/QtTargetHelpers.cmake
+++ b/cmake/QtTargetHelpers.cmake
@@ -558,3 +558,7 @@ function(qt_internal_install_pdb_files target install_dir_path)
         endif()
     endif()
 endfunction()
+
+function(qt_disable_apple_app_extension_api_only target)
+    set_target_properties("${target}" PROPERTIES QT_NO_APP_EXTENSION_ONLY_API TRUE)
+endfunction()