diff --git a/cmake/QtCreatorAPI.cmake b/cmake/QtCreatorAPI.cmake
index a50e9be59f1..effbb454047 100644
--- a/cmake/QtCreatorAPI.cmake
+++ b/cmake/QtCreatorAPI.cmake
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ function(add_qtc_library name)
     set(TEST_DEFINES WITH_TESTS SRCDIR="${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}")
   endif()
 
-  if(_arg_STATIC AND UNIX)
+  if((_arg_STATIC OR _arg_OBJECT) AND UNIX)
     # not added by Qt if reduce_relocations is turned off for it
     set_target_properties(${name} PROPERTIES POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
   endif()
diff --git a/src/libs/3rdparty/cplusplus/CMakeLists.txt b/src/libs/3rdparty/cplusplus/CMakeLists.txt
index 2758ffe6eeb..d9f130b470a 100644
--- a/src/libs/3rdparty/cplusplus/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/libs/3rdparty/cplusplus/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ add_qtc_library(3rd_cplusplus OBJECT
     TypeVisitor.cpp TypeVisitor.h
     cppassert.h
   SKIP_PCH
-  PROPERTIES POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON
 )
 
 set(export_symbol_declaration DEFINES CPLUSPLUS_BUILD_LIB)
diff --git a/src/libs/sqlite/CMakeLists.txt b/src/libs/sqlite/CMakeLists.txt
index 7f33b189215..4c7cd774c60 100644
--- a/src/libs/sqlite/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/libs/sqlite/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 add_qtc_library(SqliteC OBJECT
-    PROPERTIES AUTOMOC OFF AUTOUIC OFF QT_COMPILE_OPTIONS_DISABLE_WARNINGS ON POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON
+    PROPERTIES AUTOMOC OFF AUTOUIC OFF QT_COMPILE_OPTIONS_DISABLE_WARNINGS ON
     DEFINES SQLITE_CORE SQLITE_CUSTOM_INCLUDE=config.h $<$<CONFIG:Debug>:SQLITE_DEBUG>
     PROPERTIES COMPILE_OPTIONS $<IF:$<CXX_COMPILER_ID:MSVC>,/FIconfig.h,-includeconfig.h>
     PUBLIC_INCLUDES