diff --git a/cmake/QtWasmHelpers.cmake b/cmake/QtWasmHelpers.cmake
index ecea701042a..240eaa05407 100644
--- a/cmake/QtWasmHelpers.cmake
+++ b/cmake/QtWasmHelpers.cmake
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
 function (qt_internal_setup_wasm_target_properties wasmTarget)
 
-    target_link_options("${wasmTarget}" INTERFACE "SHELL:-s EXIT_RUNTIME=1"
+    target_link_options("${wasmTarget}" INTERFACE
     "SHELL:-s ERROR_ON_UNDEFINED_SYMBOLS=1"
     "SHELL:-s EXTRA_EXPORTED_RUNTIME_METHODS=[UTF16ToString,stringToUTF16]"
     "SHELL:-s USE_WEBGL2=1"
diff --git a/mkspecs/wasm-emscripten/qmake.conf b/mkspecs/wasm-emscripten/qmake.conf
index cc3bc8064e2..b5192928797 100644
--- a/mkspecs/wasm-emscripten/qmake.conf
+++ b/mkspecs/wasm-emscripten/qmake.conf
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ EMCC_COMMON_LFLAGS += \
     -s FULL_ES2=1 \
     -s FULL_ES3=1 \
     -s USE_WEBGL2=1 \
-    -s EXIT_RUNTIME=1 \
     -s ERROR_ON_UNDEFINED_SYMBOLS=1 \
     -s EXTRA_EXPORTED_RUNTIME_METHODS=[\"UTF16ToString\",\"stringToUTF16\"] \
     --bind \