diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 6eb8cad91b..94d9799970 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -160,9 +160,6 @@ if(MAYA_APP_VERSION VERSION_GREATER 2024)
     set(WANT_QT_VERSION 6.5)
     find_package(Qt6 ${WANT_QT_VERSION} COMPONENTS Core Widgets QUIET)
     if (Qt6_FOUND)
-        # QT_NO_KEYWORDS prevents Qt from defining the foreach, signals, slots and emit macros.
-        # This avoids overlap between Qt macros and boost, and enforces using Q_ macros.
-        set_target_properties(Qt6::Core PROPERTIES INTERFACE_COMPILE_DEFINITIONS QT_NO_KEYWORDS)
         if (CODE_COVERAGE)
             set(BUILD_HDSB_PLUGIN FALSE)
             message(STATUS "Code coverage enabled, Hydra Scene Browser will not be built.")
diff --git a/lib/adskHydraSceneBrowser/lib/CMakeLists.txt b/lib/adskHydraSceneBrowser/lib/CMakeLists.txt
index bcba451854..cdcd5433a0 100644
--- a/lib/adskHydraSceneBrowser/lib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lib/adskHydraSceneBrowser/lib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -136,6 +136,10 @@ target_include_directories(${TARGET_NAME}
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # compiler configuration
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# QT_NO_KEYWORDS prevents Qt from defining the foreach, signals, slots and emit macros.
+# this avoids overlap between Qt macros and boost, and enforces using Q_ macros.
+set_target_properties(Qt6::Core PROPERTIES INTERFACE_COMPILE_DEFINITIONS QT_NO_KEYWORDS)
+
 target_compile_definitions(${TARGET_NAME} 
     PRIVATE 
         HDUI_EXPORT
diff --git a/test/lib/mayaUsd/render/mayaToHydra/cpp/CMakeLists.txt b/test/lib/mayaUsd/render/mayaToHydra/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
index 0aa3b325ed..9d6214a2a4 100644
--- a/test/lib/mayaUsd/render/mayaToHydra/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/lib/mayaUsd/render/mayaToHydra/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ target_sources(${TARGET_NAME}
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # compiler configuration
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# QT_NO_KEYWORDS prevents Qt from defining the foreach, signals, slots and emit macros.
+# this avoids overlap between Qt macros and boost, and enforces using Q_ macros.
+set_target_properties(Qt6::Core PROPERTIES INTERFACE_COMPILE_DEFINITIONS QT_NO_KEYWORDS)
+
 mayaHydra_compile_config(${TARGET_NAME})
 
 target_compile_definitions(${TARGET_NAME}