diff --git a/cmake/QtBuild.cmake b/cmake/QtBuild.cmake
index 25756c89d90..08bc66b358c 100644
--- a/cmake/QtBuild.cmake
+++ b/cmake/QtBuild.cmake
@@ -1024,7 +1024,14 @@ function(qt_register_target_dependencies target public_libs private_libs)
         set(target_deps "")
     endif()
 
-    foreach(lib IN LISTS public_libs private_libs)
+    # Only process private dependencies if target is a static library
+    get_target_property(target_type ${target} TYPE)
+    set(lib_list ${public_libs})
+    if (target_type STREQUAL "STATIC_LIBRARY")
+        list(APPEND lib_list ${private_libs})
+    endif()
+
+    foreach(lib IN LISTS lib_list)
         if ("${lib}" MATCHES "^Qt::(.*)")
             set(lib "${CMAKE_MATCH_1}")
             if (lib STREQUAL Platform
diff --git a/cmake/QtPostProcess.cmake b/cmake/QtPostProcess.cmake
index afd1cfd1dd2..19cd4b699b7 100644
--- a/cmake/QtPostProcess.cmake
+++ b/cmake/QtPostProcess.cmake
@@ -68,9 +68,11 @@ function(qt_internal_create_module_depends_file target)
         set(arg_HEADER_MODULE OFF)
     endif()
 
-    if(NOT arg_HEADER_MODULE)
+    set(depends "")
+    if(target_type STREQUAL "STATIC_LIBRARY" AND NOT arg_HEADER_MODULE)
         get_target_property(depends "${target}" LINK_LIBRARIES)
     endif()
+
     get_target_property(public_depends "${target}" INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES)
 
     # Used for collecting Qt module dependencies that should be find_package()'d in