diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index b7c84acbd..546ce6f20 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -92,11 +92,6 @@ set(SRB2_CONFIG_ASSET_DIRECTORY "" CACHE PATH "Path to directory that contains a
 option(SRB2_CONFIG_LTO "Enable link time optimizations, improves performance at the cost of longer link times." ON)
 option(SRB2_CONFIG_TIDY "Enable clang tiny, checks compiled code for issues at the cost of longer compile times." OFF)
 
-if(SRB2_CONFIG_NOVERIFYIWADS)
-	target_compile_definitions(SRB2SDL2 PRIVATE -DNOVERIFYIWADS)
-endif()
-
-
 if(SRB2_CONFIG_ENABLE_TESTS)
 	# https://github.com/catchorg/Catch2
 	CPMAddPackage(
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 78191082d..0478bcb71 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -232,6 +232,10 @@ if(SRB2_CONFIG_TIDY)
 	set(CMAKE_CXX_CLANG_TIDY "clang-tidy;-checks=*")
 endif()
 
+if(SRB2_CONFIG_NOVERIFYIWADS)
+	target_compile_definitions(SRB2SDL2 PRIVATE -DNOVERIFYIWADS)
+endif()
+
 add_subdirectory(blua)
 add_subdirectory(blan)
 add_subdirectory(sdl)