diff --git a/src/corelib/global/qcompilerdetection.h b/src/corelib/global/qcompilerdetection.h
index 7dc3b61ccd6..557b1ce0ad4 100644
--- a/src/corelib/global/qcompilerdetection.h
+++ b/src/corelib/global/qcompilerdetection.h
@@ -1203,4 +1203,11 @@ static_assert(!std::is_convertible_v<std::nullptr_t, bool>,
               "On MSVC you must pass the /permissive- option to the compiler.");
 #endif
 
+#if defined(QT_BOOTSTRAPPED) || defined(QT_USE_PROTECTED_VISIBILITY) || !defined(__ELF__) || defined(__PIC__)
+// this is fine
+#elif defined(QT_REDUCE_RELOCATIONS)
+#  error "You must build your code with position independent code if Qt was configured with -reduce-relocations. "\
+         "Compile your code with -fPIC (and not with -fPIE)."
+#endif
+
 #endif // QCOMPILERDETECTION_H
diff --git a/src/corelib/global/qglobal.h b/src/corelib/global/qglobal.h
index f6a60135185..c24bb6e198f 100644
--- a/src/corelib/global/qglobal.h
+++ b/src/corelib/global/qglobal.h
@@ -1227,13 +1227,6 @@ Q_CORE_EXPORT int  qEnvironmentVariableIntValue(const char *varName, bool *ok=nu
 
 #define QT_MODULE(x)
 
-#if defined(QT_BOOTSTRAPPED) || defined(QT_USE_PROTECTED_VISIBILITY) || !defined(__ELF__) || defined(__PIC__)
-// this is fine
-#elif defined(QT_REDUCE_RELOCATIONS)
-#  error "You must build your code with position independent code if Qt was built with -reduce-relocations. "\
-         "Compile your code with -fPIC (and not with -fPIE)."
-#endif
-
 // This macro can be used to calculate member offsets for types with a non standard layout.
 // It uses the fact that offsetof() is allowed to support those types since C++17 as an optional
 // feature. All our compilers do support this, but some issue a warning, so we wrap the offsetof()