diff --git a/cmake/QtBuild.cmake b/cmake/QtBuild.cmake
index ec3f25ca4f4..cf79f3d9718 100644
--- a/cmake/QtBuild.cmake
+++ b/cmake/QtBuild.cmake
@@ -491,7 +491,6 @@ set(__qt_internal_add_executable_single_args
     ${__default_target_info_args}
 )
 set(__qt_internal_add_executable_multi_args
-    EXE_FLAGS
     ${__default_private_args}
     ${__default_public_args}
 )
diff --git a/cmake/QtExecutableHelpers.cmake b/cmake/QtExecutableHelpers.cmake
index b5fb18de4b2..75fe0d10dde 100644
--- a/cmake/QtExecutableHelpers.cmake
+++ b/cmake/QtExecutableHelpers.cmake
@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@ function(qt_internal_add_executable name)
         set(arg_INSTALL_DIRECTORY "${INSTALL_BINDIR}")
     endif()
 
-    # TODO: EXE_FLAGS doesn't seem to be used anywhere, we can probably remove it
-    _qt_internal_create_executable(${name} ${arg_EXE_FLAGS})
+    _qt_internal_create_executable(${name})
     if (ANDROID)
         qt_android_generate_deployment_settings("${name}")
         qt_android_add_apk_target("${name}")