diff --git a/cmake/QtBaseGlobalTargets.cmake b/cmake/QtBaseGlobalTargets.cmake
index 7bb4795d35..7bb55ba3d9 100644
--- a/cmake/QtBaseGlobalTargets.cmake
+++ b/cmake/QtBaseGlobalTargets.cmake
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ target_include_directories(GlobalConfig INTERFACE
     $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:include>
     $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:include/QtCore>
 )
-qt_feature_module_begin(LIBRARY Core
+qt_feature_module_begin(NO_MODULE
     PUBLIC_FILE src/corelib/global/qconfig.h
     PRIVATE_FILE src/corelib/global/qconfig_p.h
 )
diff --git a/cmake/QtFeature.cmake b/cmake/QtFeature.cmake
index 50c672d08c..6c6c2eedbb 100644
--- a/cmake/QtFeature.cmake
+++ b/cmake/QtFeature.cmake
@@ -397,15 +397,19 @@ function(qt_feature_module_end)
 
     # Extra header injections which have to have forwarding headers created by
     # qt_install_injections.
-    set(injections "")
-    qt_compute_injection_forwarding_header("${__QtFeature_library}"
-                                             SOURCE "${__QtFeature_public_file}"
-                                             OUT_VAR injections)
-    qt_compute_injection_forwarding_header("${__QtFeature_library}"
-                                            SOURCE "${__QtFeature_private_file}" PRIVATE
-                                            OUT_VAR injections)
+    # Skip creating forwarding headers if qt_feature_module_begin was called with NO_MODULE, aka
+    # there is no include/<module_name> so there's no place to put the forwarding headers.
+    if(__QtFeature_library)
+        set(injections "")
+        qt_compute_injection_forwarding_header("${__QtFeature_library}"
+                                                 SOURCE "${__QtFeature_public_file}"
+                                                 OUT_VAR injections)
+        qt_compute_injection_forwarding_header("${__QtFeature_library}"
+                                                SOURCE "${__QtFeature_private_file}" PRIVATE
+                                                OUT_VAR injections)
 
-    set(${arg_OUT_VAR_PREFIX}extra_library_injections ${injections} PARENT_SCOPE)
+        set(${arg_OUT_VAR_PREFIX}extra_library_injections ${injections} PARENT_SCOPE)
+    endif()
 
     if (NOT ("${target}" STREQUAL "NO_MODULE"))
         get_target_property(targetType "${target}" TYPE)