diff --git a/cmake/QtBuildInternals/QtBuildInternalsConfig.cmake b/cmake/QtBuildInternals/QtBuildInternalsConfig.cmake
index 21ff79f9c19..d1857521b2e 100644
--- a/cmake/QtBuildInternals/QtBuildInternalsConfig.cmake
+++ b/cmake/QtBuildInternals/QtBuildInternalsConfig.cmake
@@ -6,47 +6,6 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16...3.21)
 
 set(QT_BACKUP_CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX_BEFORE_EXTRA_INCLUDE "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}")
 
-# Recursively reads the dependencies section from dependencies.yaml in ${repo_dir} and returns the
-# list of dependencies, including transitive ones, in out_var.
-#
-# The returned dependencies are topologically sorted.
-#
-# Example output for qtdeclarative:
-# qtbase;qtimageformats;qtlanguageserver;qtshadertools;qtsvg
-#
-function(qt_internal_read_repo_dependencies out_var repo_dir)
-    set(seen ${ARGN})
-    set(dependencies "")
-    set(in_dependencies_section FALSE)
-    set(dependencies_file "${repo_dir}/dependencies.yaml")
-    if(EXISTS "${dependencies_file}")
-        file(STRINGS "${dependencies_file}" lines)
-        foreach(line IN LISTS lines)
-            if(line MATCHES "^([^ ]+):")
-                if(CMAKE_MATCH_1 STREQUAL "dependencies")
-                    set(in_dependencies_section TRUE)
-                else()
-                    set(in_dependencies_section FALSE)
-                endif()
-            elseif(in_dependencies_section AND line MATCHES "^  (.+):$")
-                set(dependency "${CMAKE_MATCH_1}")
-                set(dependency_repo_dir "${repo_dir}/${dependency}")
-                string(REGEX MATCH "[^/]+$" dependency "${dependency}")
-                if(NOT dependency IN_LIST seen)
-                    qt_internal_read_repo_dependencies(subdeps "${dependency_repo_dir}"
-                        ${seen} ${dependency})
-                    if(dependency MATCHES "^tqtc-(.+)")
-                        set(dependency "${CMAKE_MATCH_1}")
-                    endif()
-                    list(APPEND dependencies ${subdeps} ${dependency})
-                endif()
-            endif()
-        endforeach()
-        list(REMOVE_DUPLICATES dependencies)
-    endif()
-    set(${out_var} "${dependencies}" PARENT_SCOPE)
-endfunction()
-
 # This depends on qt_internal_read_repo_dependencies existing.
 if(EXISTS "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/QtBuildInternalsExtra.cmake")
     include(${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/QtBuildInternalsExtra.cmake)
diff --git a/cmake/QtBuildRepoHelpers.cmake b/cmake/QtBuildRepoHelpers.cmake
index 93066b2df4e..87be088b6e7 100644
--- a/cmake/QtBuildRepoHelpers.cmake
+++ b/cmake/QtBuildRepoHelpers.cmake
@@ -877,7 +877,59 @@ macro(qt_internal_setup_standalone_test_when_called_as_a_find_package_component)
 endmacro()
 
 macro(qt_internal_setup_build_internals)
+    qt_internal_set_qt_repo_dependencies()
     qt_internal_setup_platform_support_variables()
     qt_internal_setup_pkg_config_and_system_prefixes()
     qt_internal_setup_standalone_test_when_called_as_a_find_package_component()
 endmacro()
+
+# Recursively reads the dependencies section from dependencies.yaml in ${repo_dir} and returns the
+# list of dependencies, including transitive ones, in out_var.
+#
+# The returned dependencies are topologically sorted.
+#
+# Example output for qtdeclarative:
+# qtbase;qtimageformats;qtlanguageserver;qtshadertools;qtsvg
+#
+function(qt_internal_read_repo_dependencies out_var repo_dir)
+    set(seen ${ARGN})
+    set(dependencies "")
+    set(in_dependencies_section FALSE)
+    set(dependencies_file "${repo_dir}/dependencies.yaml")
+    if(EXISTS "${dependencies_file}")
+        file(STRINGS "${dependencies_file}" lines)
+        foreach(line IN LISTS lines)
+            if(line MATCHES "^([^ ]+):")
+                if(CMAKE_MATCH_1 STREQUAL "dependencies")
+                    set(in_dependencies_section TRUE)
+                else()
+                    set(in_dependencies_section FALSE)
+                endif()
+            elseif(in_dependencies_section AND line MATCHES "^  (.+):$")
+                set(dependency "${CMAKE_MATCH_1}")
+                set(dependency_repo_dir "${repo_dir}/${dependency}")
+                string(REGEX MATCH "[^/]+$" dependency "${dependency}")
+                if(NOT dependency IN_LIST seen)
+                    qt_internal_read_repo_dependencies(subdeps "${dependency_repo_dir}"
+                        ${seen} ${dependency})
+                    if(dependency MATCHES "^tqtc-(.+)")
+                        set(dependency "${CMAKE_MATCH_1}")
+                    endif()
+                    list(APPEND dependencies ${subdeps} ${dependency})
+                endif()
+            endif()
+        endforeach()
+        list(REMOVE_DUPLICATES dependencies)
+    endif()
+    set(${out_var} "${dependencies}" PARENT_SCOPE)
+endfunction()
+
+macro(qt_internal_set_qt_repo_dependencies)
+    # The top-level check needs to happen because it's possible
+    # to configure a top-level build with a few repos and then configure another repo
+    # using qt-configure-module in a separate build dir, where QT_SUPERBUILD will not
+    # be set anymore.
+    if(DEFINED QT_REPO_MODULE_VERSION AND NOT DEFINED QT_REPO_DEPENDENCIES AND NOT QT_SUPERBUILD)
+        qt_internal_read_repo_dependencies(QT_REPO_DEPENDENCIES "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}")
+    endif()
+endmacro()
diff --git a/cmake/QtPostProcessHelpers.cmake b/cmake/QtPostProcessHelpers.cmake
index 83bcabe49b8..6830a63aa7f 100644
--- a/cmake/QtPostProcessHelpers.cmake
+++ b/cmake/QtPostProcessHelpers.cmake
@@ -713,17 +713,6 @@ endif()\n")
 
         string(APPEND QT_EXTRA_BUILD_INTERNALS_VARS "${install_prefix_content}")
 
-        # The top-level check needs to happen inside QtBuildInternals, because it's possible
-        # to configure a top-level build with a few repos and then configure another repo
-        # using qt-configure-module in a separate build dir, where QT_SUPERBUILD will not
-        # be set anymore.
-        string(APPEND QT_EXTRA_BUILD_INTERNALS_VARS
-            "
-if(DEFINED QT_REPO_MODULE_VERSION AND NOT DEFINED QT_REPO_DEPENDENCIES AND NOT QT_SUPERBUILD)
-    qt_internal_read_repo_dependencies(QT_REPO_DEPENDENCIES \"$\{PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}\")
-endif()
-")
-
         if(DEFINED OpenGL_GL_PREFERENCE)
             string(APPEND QT_EXTRA_BUILD_INTERNALS_VARS
                 "