diff --git a/src/corelib/.prev_CMakeLists.txt b/src/corelib/.prev_CMakeLists.txt
index e33ce41e19..8bdc2debd3 100644
--- a/src/corelib/.prev_CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/corelib/.prev_CMakeLists.txt
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ qt_extend_target(Core CONDITION ANDROID
         kernel/qsharedmemory_android.cpp
         kernel/qsystemsemaphore_android.cpp
     DEFINES
-        LIBS_SUFFIX='\\"_${CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR}.so\\"'
+        LIBS_SUFFIX="_${CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR}.so"
 )
 
 qt_extend_target(Core CONDITION MSVC AND (TEST_architecture_arch STREQUAL "i386")
diff --git a/src/corelib/CMakeLists.txt b/src/corelib/CMakeLists.txt
index 37079bdc72..783346578b 100644
--- a/src/corelib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/corelib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ qt_extend_target(Core CONDITION ANDROID
         kernel/qsharedmemory_android.cpp
         kernel/qsystemsemaphore_android.cpp
     DEFINES
-        LIBS_SUFFIX="\\\\"_${CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR}.so\\\\"" # special case
+        LIBS_SUFFIX="_${CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR}.so"
 )
 
 qt_extend_target(Core CONDITION MSVC AND (TEST_architecture_arch STREQUAL "i386")
diff --git a/util/cmake/pro2cmake.py b/util/cmake/pro2cmake.py
index de2f175953..7bc29990c5 100755
--- a/util/cmake/pro2cmake.py
+++ b/util/cmake/pro2cmake.py
@@ -1956,6 +1956,18 @@ def write_defines(
         d.replace('=\\\\\\"$$PWD/\\\\\\"', '="${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/"') for d in defines
     ]
 
+    # Handle LIBS_SUFFIX='\\"_$${QT_ARCH}.so\\"'.
+    # The escaping of backslashes is still needed even if it's a raw
+    # string, because backslashes have a special meaning for regular
+    # expressions (escape next char). So we actually expect to match
+    # 2 backslashes in the input string.
+    pattern = r"""([^ ]+)='\\\\"([^ ]*)\\\\"'"""
+
+    # Replace with regular quotes, CMake will escape the quotes when
+    # passing the define to the compiler.
+    replacement = r'\1="\2"'
+    defines = [re.sub(pattern, replacement, d) for d in defines]
+
     if "qml_debug" in scope.get("CONFIG"):
         defines.append("QT_QML_DEBUG")