diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 52a07b34d70..468e5cc517f 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -94,25 +94,19 @@ endif(NOT MSVC)
 
 if (IOS)
     set (DEFAULT_FORCE_STATIC_LIBS TRUE)
-    set (DEFAULT_FORCE_STATIC_PROVIDERS TRUE)
 else()
     set (DEFAULT_FORCE_STATIC_LIBS FALSE)
-    set (DEFAULT_FORCE_STATIC_PROVIDERS FALSE)
 endif()
 
 set (FORCE_STATIC_LIBS ${DEFAULT_FORCE_STATIC_LIBS} CACHE BOOL "Determines whether libraries should be static only")
 mark_as_advanced(FORCE_STATIC_LIBS)
 if (FORCE_STATIC_LIBS)
   set (LIBRARY_TYPE STATIC)
-else()
-  set (LIBRARY_TYPE SHARED)
-endif()
-
-set (FORCE_STATIC_PROVIDERS ${DEFAULT_FORCE_STATIC_PROVIDERS} CACHE BOOL "Determines whether data providers should be static only")
-mark_as_advanced(FORCE_STATIC_PROVIDERS)
-if (FORCE_STATIC_PROVIDERS)
   # following variable is used in qgsconfig.h
   set (HAVE_STATIC_PROVIDERS TRUE)
+else()
+  set (LIBRARY_TYPE SHARED)
+  unset(HAVE_STATIC_PROVIDERS)
 endif()
 
 # in generated makefiles use relative paths so the project dir is moveable
diff --git a/src/core/CMakeLists.txt b/src/core/CMakeLists.txt
index 448682f4b91..c978525e82e 100644
--- a/src/core/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/core/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2014,7 +2014,7 @@ if (HAVE_PDAL)
   )
 endif()
 
-if (FORCE_STATIC_PROVIDERS)
+if (FORCE_STATIC_LIBS)
   include_directories(
     ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/providers/wms
     ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/providers/postgres
diff --git a/src/gui/CMakeLists.txt b/src/gui/CMakeLists.txt
index 0652b63e30e..4f214d7277a 100644
--- a/src/gui/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/gui/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1495,7 +1495,7 @@ target_link_libraries(qgis_gui
   ${Qt5QuickWidgets_LIBRARIES}
 )
 
-if (FORCE_STATIC_PROVIDERS)
+if (FORCE_STATIC_LIBS)
   target_link_libraries(qgis_gui
     provider_wms_gui_a
     provider_postgres_gui_a
diff --git a/src/gui/qgsproviderguiregistry.h b/src/gui/qgsproviderguiregistry.h
index 2c25c75e70f..88e69ba0daf 100644
--- a/src/gui/qgsproviderguiregistry.h
+++ b/src/gui/qgsproviderguiregistry.h
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ class GUI_EXPORT QgsProviderGuiRegistry
 
     /**
      * Loads the dynamic plugins on the given path
-     * When QGIS is compiled with FORCE_STATIC_PROVIDERS,
+     * When QGIS is compiled with FORCE_STATIC_LIBS,
      * the function is no-op
      */
     void loadDynamicProviders( const QString &pluginPath );
diff --git a/src/providers/CMakeLists.txt b/src/providers/CMakeLists.txt
index 955d9cab20c..0a7ba0e5467 100644
--- a/src/providers/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/providers/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ if (POSTGRES_FOUND)
   add_subdirectory(postgres)
 endif()
 
-if (NOT FORCE_STATIC_PROVIDERS)
+if (NOT FORCE_STATIC_LIBS)
   add_subdirectory(arcgisrest)
   add_subdirectory(delimitedtext)
   add_subdirectory(geonode)
diff --git a/src/providers/postgres/CMakeLists.txt b/src/providers/postgres/CMakeLists.txt
index 8512083d7fc..fdbac8a50da 100644
--- a/src/providers/postgres/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/providers/postgres/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -70,12 +70,6 @@ target_compile_features(provider_postgres_a PRIVATE cxx_std_17)
 target_link_libraries (provider_postgres_a
   qgis_core
   ${POSTGRES_LIBRARY}
-  ${Qt5Xml_LIBRARIES}
-  ${Qt5Core_LIBRARIES}
-  ${Qt5Svg_LIBRARIES}
-  ${Qt5Network_LIBRARIES}
-  ${Qt5Sql_LIBRARIES}
-  ${Qt5Concurrent_LIBRARIES}
 )
 
 if (WITH_GUI)
@@ -90,14 +84,6 @@ if (WITH_GUI)
     qgis_gui
     provider_postgres_a
     ${POSTGRES_LIBRARY}
-    ${Qt5Xml_LIBRARIES}
-    ${Qt5Core_LIBRARIES}
-    ${Qt5Svg_LIBRARIES}
-    ${Qt5Network_LIBRARIES}
-    ${Qt5Sql_LIBRARIES}
-    ${Qt5Concurrent_LIBRARIES}
-    ${Qt5Gui_LIBRARIES}
-    ${Qt5Widgets_LIBRARIES}
   )
   add_dependencies(provider_postgres_gui_a ui)
 endif()
@@ -141,7 +127,7 @@ endif()
 
 #################################################################
 
-if (FORCE_STATIC_PROVIDERS)
+if (FORCE_STATIC_LIBS)
   # for (external) mobile apps to be able to pick up provider for linking
   install (TARGETS provider_postgres_a ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${QGIS_PLUGIN_DIR})
   install (TARGETS provider_postgresraster_a ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${QGIS_PLUGIN_DIR})