diff --git a/src/corelib/Qt6WasmMacros.cmake b/src/corelib/Qt6WasmMacros.cmake
index ce96c4fbecc..25bb40d88e4 100644
--- a/src/corelib/Qt6WasmMacros.cmake
+++ b/src/corelib/Qt6WasmMacros.cmake
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ function(_qt_internal_wasm_add_target_helpers target)
         endif()
 
         get_target_property(output_name ${target} OUTPUT_NAME)
-        if(NOT "${output_name}" STREQUAL "")
+        if(output_name)
             set(_target_output_name "${output_name}")
         else()
             set(_target_output_name "${target}")
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ function(_qt_internal_wasm_add_target_helpers target)
             configure_file("${WASM_BUILD_DIR}/libexec/util.js"
                            "${target_output_directory}/util.js" COPYONLY)
         else()
-            if(NOT "${target_output_directory}" STREQUAL "")
+            if(target_output_directory)
                 set(_target_directory "${target_output_directory}")
             else()
                 set(_target_directory "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}")