diff --git a/cmake/QtModuleHelpers.cmake b/cmake/QtModuleHelpers.cmake
index 4c1d3ee9c6d..19ce27d912f 100644
--- a/cmake/QtModuleHelpers.cmake
+++ b/cmake/QtModuleHelpers.cmake
@@ -274,7 +274,6 @@ function(qt_internal_add_module target)
     set_property(TARGET "${target}" APPEND PROPERTY EXPORT_PROPERTIES _qt_module_has_headers)
     if(${arg_NO_MODULE_HEADERS} OR ${arg_NO_SYNC_QT})
         set_target_properties("${target}" PROPERTIES
-            INTERFACE_MODULE_HAS_HEADERS OFF
             _qt_module_has_headers OFF)
     else()
         set_target_properties("${target}" PROPERTIES INTERFACE_MODULE_INCLUDE_NAME "${module_include_name}")
@@ -298,7 +297,6 @@ function(qt_internal_add_module target)
         endif()
 
         set_target_properties("${target}" PROPERTIES
-            INTERFACE_MODULE_HAS_HEADERS ON
             _qt_module_has_headers ON)
 
         ### FIXME: Can we replace headers.pri?
diff --git a/cmake/QtPostProcessHelpers.cmake b/cmake/QtPostProcessHelpers.cmake
index ee95a6703aa..8af6f0f321e 100644
--- a/cmake/QtPostProcessHelpers.cmake
+++ b/cmake/QtPostProcessHelpers.cmake
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ function(qt_internal_create_module_depends_file target)
         list(REMOVE_DUPLICATES qtdeps)
     endif()
 
-    get_target_property(hasModuleHeaders "${target}" INTERFACE_MODULE_HAS_HEADERS)
+    get_target_property(hasModuleHeaders "${target}" _qt_module_has_headers)
     if (${hasModuleHeaders})
         get_target_property(module_include_name "${target}" INTERFACE_MODULE_INCLUDE_NAME)
         qt_internal_write_depends_file(${module_include_name} ${qtdeps})
diff --git a/cmake/QtPriHelpers.cmake b/cmake/QtPriHelpers.cmake
index ed6513133f5..ad4625e5420 100644
--- a/cmake/QtPriHelpers.cmake
+++ b/cmake/QtPriHelpers.cmake
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ ${framework_base_path}/${fw_private_module_header_dir}")
         get_target_property(module_name_in_pri ${target} OUTPUT_NAME)
     endif()
 
-    get_target_property(hasModuleHeaders ${target} INTERFACE_MODULE_HAS_HEADERS)
+    get_target_property(hasModuleHeaders ${target} _qt_module_has_headers)
     if (NOT hasModuleHeaders)
         unset(public_module_includes)
         unset(private_module_includes)