diff --git a/cmake/QtBuild.cmake b/cmake/QtBuild.cmake
index bde23072ea..cc5020fd9b 100644
--- a/cmake/QtBuild.cmake
+++ b/cmake/QtBuild.cmake
@@ -294,11 +294,6 @@ elseif(ANDROID)
     endif()
 elseif(APPLE)
     set(QT_DEFAULT_MKSPEC macx-clang)
-    if(MACOS)
-        list(APPEND QT_DEFAULT_PLATFORM_DEFINITIONS GL_SILENCE_DEPRECATION)
-    elseif(UIKIT)
-        list(APPEND QT_DEFAULT_PLATFORM_DEFINITIONS GLES_SILENCE_DEPRECATION)
-    endif()
 elseif(EMSCRIPTEN)
     set(QT_DEFAULT_MKSPEC wasm-emscripten)
 endif()
diff --git a/cmake/QtInternalTargets.cmake b/cmake/QtInternalTargets.cmake
index 6eb4bd96f9..00a4ad6f75 100644
--- a/cmake/QtInternalTargets.cmake
+++ b/cmake/QtInternalTargets.cmake
@@ -123,6 +123,16 @@ function(qt_internal_apply_bitcode_flags target)
     target_compile_options("${target}" INTERFACE ${bitcode_flags})
 endfunction()
 
+# Apple deprecated the entire OpenGL API in favor of Metal, which
+# we are aware of, so silence the deprecation warnings in code.
+# This does not apply to user-code, which will need to silence
+# their own warnings if they use the deprecated APIs explicitly.
+if(MACOS)
+    target_compile_definitions(PlatformCommonInternal INTERFACE GL_SILENCE_DEPRECATION)
+elseif(UIKIT)
+    target_compile_definitions(PlatformCommonInternal INTERFACE GLES_SILENCE_DEPRECATION)
+endif()
+
 if(UIKIT)
     # Do what mkspecs/features/uikit/default_pre.prf does, aka enable sse2 for
     # simulator_and_device_builds.
diff --git a/mkspecs/common/macx.conf b/mkspecs/common/macx.conf
index 0f983f059a..6a1b076d7d 100644
--- a/mkspecs/common/macx.conf
+++ b/mkspecs/common/macx.conf
@@ -22,6 +22,4 @@ device.deployment_identifier = $${device.sdk}
 
 QMAKE_LIBS_VULKAN =
 
-DEFINES += GL_SILENCE_DEPRECATION
-
 include(mac.conf)
diff --git a/mkspecs/common/uikit.conf b/mkspecs/common/uikit.conf
index 424381e285..0388b8e616 100644
--- a/mkspecs/common/uikit.conf
+++ b/mkspecs/common/uikit.conf
@@ -7,6 +7,4 @@ CONFIG                 += bitcode reduce_exports shallow_bundle no_qt_rpath
 
 INCLUDEPATH            += $$PWD/uikit
 
-DEFINES                += GLES_SILENCE_DEPRECATION
-
 include(mac.conf)
diff --git a/mkspecs/features/qt_common.prf b/mkspecs/features/qt_common.prf
index 8df94aa4ee..421adcdaa0 100644
--- a/mkspecs/features/qt_common.prf
+++ b/mkspecs/features/qt_common.prf
@@ -62,6 +62,13 @@ contains(TEMPLATE, .*lib)|darwin {
     if(!host_build|!cross_compile):qtConfig(reduce_exports): CONFIG += hide_symbols
 }
 
+# Apple deprecated the entire OpenGL API in favor of Metal, which
+# we are aware of, so silence the deprecation warnings in code.
+# This does not apply to user-code, which will need to silence
+# their own warnings if they use the deprecated APIs explicitly.
+macos: DEFINES += GL_SILENCE_DEPRECATION
+uikit: DEFINES += GLES_SILENCE_DEPRECATION
+
 # The remainder of this file must not apply to host tools/libraries,
 # as the host compiler's version and capabilities are not checked.
 host_build:cross_compile: return()