diff --git a/cmake/QtWasmHelpers.cmake b/cmake/QtWasmHelpers.cmake
index 41ef5cb0ba8..bb6e2dede69 100644
--- a/cmake/QtWasmHelpers.cmake
+++ b/cmake/QtWasmHelpers.cmake
@@ -18,9 +18,6 @@ function (qt_internal_setup_wasm_target_properties wasmTarget)
         target_compile_options("${wasmTarget}" INTERFACE "SHELL:-s MEMORY64=1" )
         target_link_options("${wasmTarget}" INTERFACE   "SHELL:-s MEMORY64=1" -mwasm64)
     endif()
-    # Enable MODULARIZE so that we are able to set EXPORT_NAME later and instantiate on demand (with
-    # MODULARIZE=0, emscripten creates a global app instance object at Javascript eval time)
-    target_link_options("${wasmTarget}" INTERFACE "SHELL:-s MODULARIZE=1")
 
     #simd
     if (QT_FEATURE_wasm_simd128)
diff --git a/src/corelib/Qt6WasmMacros.cmake b/src/corelib/Qt6WasmMacros.cmake
index 1de6e5448c7..40522dc7eee 100644
--- a/src/corelib/Qt6WasmMacros.cmake
+++ b/src/corelib/Qt6WasmMacros.cmake
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ endfunction()
 
 function(_qt_internal_set_wasm_export_name target)
     _qt_internal_wasm_export_name_for_target(export_name ${target})
+    target_link_options("${target}" PRIVATE "SHELL:-s MODULARIZE=1")
     target_link_options("${target}" PRIVATE "SHELL:-s EXPORT_NAME=${export_name}")
 endfunction()