diff --git a/src/corelib/CMakeLists.txt b/src/corelib/CMakeLists.txt
index edd2ae52ca..4fe51d031c 100644
--- a/src/corelib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/corelib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ if (LINUX AND NOT CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING AND BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
         endif()
     endif()
     if (ELF_INTERPRETER)
-        qt_internal_add_link_flags(Core "-Wl,-e,qt_core_boilerplate")
+        target_link_options(Core PRIVATE "-Wl,-e,qt_core_boilerplate")
         target_compile_definitions(Core PRIVATE ELF_INTERPRETER="${ELF_INTERPRETER}")
     endif()
 endif()