diff --git a/src/corelib/Qt6AndroidMacros.cmake b/src/corelib/Qt6AndroidMacros.cmake
index 9f6ee5aeb3c..25599c1af32 100644
--- a/src/corelib/Qt6AndroidMacros.cmake
+++ b/src/corelib/Qt6AndroidMacros.cmake
@@ -900,7 +900,6 @@ function(_qt_internal_configure_android_multiabi_target target)
                     "-DQT_INTERNAL_ANDROID_MULTI_ABI_BINARY_DIR=${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}"
                     "${config_arg}"
                 EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL TRUE
-                STETPS_TARGETS
                 BUILD_COMMAND "" # avoid top-level build of external project
             )
             set_property(GLOBAL APPEND PROPERTY
@@ -912,6 +911,7 @@ function(_qt_internal_configure_android_multiabi_target target)
             # TODO: Remove this when the step will depend on DEPFILE generated by
             # androiddeployqt for the ${target}.
             ALWAYS TRUE
+            EXCLUDE_FROM_MAIN TRUE
             COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}"
                 "--build" "${android_abi_build_dir}"
                 "--config" "$<CONFIG>"