diff --git a/cmake/QtInternalTargets.cmake b/cmake/QtInternalTargets.cmake
index 29e3483c71f..dc69af9acd1 100644
--- a/cmake/QtInternalTargets.cmake
+++ b/cmake/QtInternalTargets.cmake
@@ -369,8 +369,8 @@ endif()
 function(qt_internal_apply_coverage_flags)
     if(QT_FEATURE_coverage_gcov)
         target_compile_options(PlatformCommonInternal INTERFACE
-            "$<$<CONFIG:Debug>:-fprofile-arcs;-ftest-coverage>")
-        target_link_options(PlatformCommonInternal INTERFACE "$<$<CONFIG:Debug>:-lgcov;--coverage>")
+            "$<$<CONFIG:Debug>:--coverage>")
+        target_link_options(PlatformCommonInternal INTERFACE "$<$<CONFIG:Debug>:--coverage>")
     endif()
 endfunction()
 qt_internal_apply_coverage_flags()
diff --git a/configure.cmake b/configure.cmake
index 43fa7d4812b..8b23e61635b 100644
--- a/configure.cmake
+++ b/configure.cmake
@@ -1053,7 +1053,7 @@ qt_feature("intelcet" PRIVATE
 if("${INPUT_coverage}" STREQUAL "gcov")
     qt_config_compile_test(gcov
         LABEL "gcov compiler flags"
-        COMPILE_OPTIONS "-fprofile-arcs -ftest-coverage"
+        COMPILE_OPTIONS "--coverage"
         CODE
     "int main(void)
     {