diff --git a/cmake/QtPostProcessHelpers.cmake b/cmake/QtPostProcessHelpers.cmake
index 4f8106dfa..bec5c402e 100644
--- a/cmake/QtPostProcessHelpers.cmake
+++ b/cmake/QtPostProcessHelpers.cmake
@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ function(qt_generate_install_prefixes out_var)
 
     foreach(var ${vars})
         get_property(docstring CACHE "${var}" PROPERTY HELPSTRING)
-        string(APPEND content "set(${var} \"${${var}}\" CACHE STRING \"${docstring}\" FORCE)\n")
+        string(APPEND content "set(${var} \"${${var}}\" CACHE STRING \"${docstring}\" )\n")
     endforeach()
 
     set(${out_var} "${content}" PARENT_SCOPE)
@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@ qt_internal_force_set_cmake_build_type_conditionally(
         endif()
         if(CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES)
             string(APPEND multi_config_specific
-                "    set(CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES \"${CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES}\" CACHE STRING \"\" FORCE)\n")
+                "    set(CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES \"${CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES}\" CACHE STRING \"\")\n")
         endif()
         if(CMAKE_TRY_COMPILE_CONFIGURATION)
             string(APPEND multi_config_specific
@@ -655,7 +655,7 @@ endif()\n")
         # find_package(Qt6Core) is called in case if the feature was disabled.
         string(APPEND QT_EXTRA_BUILD_INTERNALS_VARS "
 if(NOT QT_SKIP_BUILD_INTERNALS_PKG_CONFIG_FEATURE)
-    set(FEATURE_pkg_config \"${FEATURE_pkg_config}\" CACHE STRING \"Using pkg-config\" FORCE)
+    set(FEATURE_pkg_config \"${FEATURE_pkg_config}\" CACHE STRING \"Using pkg-config\")
 endif()\n")
 
         # The OpenSSL root dir needs to be saved so that repos other than qtbase (like qtopcua) can
diff --git a/cmake/QtBuildInternalsExtra.cmake.in b/cmake/QtBuildInternalsExtra.cmake.in
index cadf3847c..6ec51fd63 100644
--- a/cmake/QtBuildInternalsExtra.cmake.in	
+++ b/cmake/QtBuildInternalsExtra.cmake.in
@@ -41,11 +41,11 @@ if(CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX_INITIALIZED_TO_DEFAULT AND
             AND "${CMAKE_STAGING_PREFIX}" STREQUAL ""
             AND NOT QT_BUILD_INTERNALS_NO_FORCE_SET_STAGING_PREFIX)
         set(CMAKE_STAGING_PREFIX "${qtbi_new_prefix}" CACHE PATH
-            "Staging path prefix, prepended onto install directories on the host machine." FORCE)
+            "Staging path prefix, prepended onto install directories on the host machine." )
         set(qtbi_new_prefix "${qtbi_orig_prefix}")
     endif()
     set(CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX "${qtbi_new_prefix}" CACHE PATH
-        "Install path prefix, prepended onto install directories." FORCE)
+        "Install path prefix, prepended onto install directories." )
     unset(qtbi_orig_prefix)
     unset(qtbi_real_orig_prefix)
     unset(qtbi_new_prefix)
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ function(qt_internal_force_set_cmake_build_type_conditionally value)
         AND NOT __qt_toolchain_cmake_build_type_before_project_call
         AND NOT QT_NO_FORCE_SET_CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE
         AND NOT __qt_internal_extras_is_multi_config)
-        set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE "${value}" CACHE STRING "Choose the type of build." FORCE)
+        set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE "${value}" CACHE STRING "Choose the type of build.")
     endif()
 endfunction()