diff --git a/cmake/QtPostProcessHelpers.cmake b/cmake/QtPostProcessHelpers.cmake
index 4f8106dfa..bec5c402e 100644
--- a/cmake/QtPostProcessHelpers.cmake
+++ b/cmake/QtPostProcessHelpers.cmake
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ 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)
@@ -465,12 +465,12 @@ function(qt_generate_build_internals_extra_cmake_code)
             # at the start of project configuration (with an empty value),
             # so we need to force override it.
             string(APPEND QT_EXTRA_BUILD_INTERNALS_VARS
-                "set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE \"${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}\" CACHE STRING \"Choose the type of build.\" FORCE)\n")
+                "set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE \"${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}\" CACHE STRING \"Choose the type of build.\")\n")
 
         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
@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ function(qt_generate_build_internals_extra_cmake_code)
         if(multi_config_specific)
             string(APPEND QT_EXTRA_BUILD_INTERNALS_VARS "
 if(QT_BUILD_STANDALONE_TESTS)
-    set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE \"\${QT_MULTI_CONFIG_FIRST_CONFIG}\" CACHE STRING \"Choose the type of build.\" FORCE)
+    set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE \"\${QT_MULTI_CONFIG_FIRST_CONFIG}\" CACHE STRING \"Choose the type of build.\")
 endif()\n")
         endif()
 
@@ -583,7 +583,7 @@ endif()\n")
 if(\"$\{CMAKE_STAGING_PREFIX}\" STREQUAL \"\"
    AND NOT QT_BUILD_INTERNALS_NO_FORCE_SET_STAGING_PREFIX)
     set(CMAKE_STAGING_PREFIX \"${CMAKE_STAGING_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.\" )
 endif()
 ")
         endif()