diff --git a/src/corelib/Qt6CoreMacros.cmake b/src/corelib/Qt6CoreMacros.cmake
index 53d115a6da..30c34f72e6 100644
--- a/src/corelib/Qt6CoreMacros.cmake
+++ b/src/corelib/Qt6CoreMacros.cmake
@@ -1351,22 +1351,17 @@ function(__qt_propagate_generated_resource target resource_name generated_source
 
         # Use TARGET_NAME genex to map to the correct prefixed target name when it is exported
         # via qt_install(EXPORT), so that the consumers of the target can find the object library
-        # as well. It's also necessary to link the object library target, since we want to pass
-        # the object library dependencies to the target.
+        # as well.
+        target_sources(${target} INTERFACE
+            "$<TARGET_OBJECTS:$<TARGET_NAME:${resource_target}>>"
+        )
         if(NOT target STREQUAL "Core")
-            target_link_libraries(${target} INTERFACE
-                "$<TARGET_OBJECTS:$<TARGET_NAME:${resource_target}>>"
-                ${resource_target}
-            )
-        else()
-            # Since linking of the Core library to the own resources adds a circular dependency
-            # we need to add the Core library resources as the target sources but not link the
-            # resource objects to the Core library. This places the resource objects to the
-            # correct position in linker line, but doesn't affect correctness of the Core library
-            # exports.
-            target_sources(${target} INTERFACE
-                "$<TARGET_OBJECTS:$<TARGET_NAME:${resource_target}>>"
-            )
+            # It's necessary to link the object library target, since we want to pass
+            # the object library dependencies to the 'target'. Interface linking doesn't
+            # add the objects of the resource library to the end-point linker line
+            # but propagates all the dependencies of the resource_target added before
+            # or AFTER the line below.
+            target_link_libraries(${target} INTERFACE ${resource_target})
         endif()
         set(${output_generated_target} "${resource_target}" PARENT_SCOPE)