diff --git a/Source/cmGlobalGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmGlobalGenerator.cxx
index 7ed68d637a..d2e129f420 100644
--- a/Source/cmGlobalGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmGlobalGenerator.cxx
@@ -1543,10 +1543,12 @@ bool cmGlobalGenerator::Compute()
     return false;
   }
 
-  // Iterate through all targets and set up AUTOMOC, AUTOUIC and AUTORCC
-  if (!this->QtAutoGen()) {
+#ifndef CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP
+  cmQtAutoGenGlobalInitializer qtAutoGen(this->LocalGenerators);
+  if (!qtAutoGen.InitializeCustomTargets()) {
     return false;
   }
+#endif
 
   // Add generator specific helper commands
   for (const auto& localGen : this->LocalGenerators) {
@@ -1563,6 +1565,12 @@ bool cmGlobalGenerator::Compute()
     }
   }
 
+#ifndef CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP
+  if (!qtAutoGen.SetupCustomTargets()) {
+    return false;
+  }
+#endif
+
   for (const auto& localGen : this->LocalGenerators) {
     cmMakefile* mf = localGen->GetMakefile();
     for (const auto& g : mf->GetInstallGenerators()) {
@@ -1764,16 +1772,6 @@ void cmGlobalGenerator::ComputeTargetOrder(cmGeneratorTarget const* gt,
   entry->second = index++;
 }
 
-bool cmGlobalGenerator::QtAutoGen()
-{
-#ifndef CMAKE_BOOTSTRAP
-  cmQtAutoGenGlobalInitializer initializer(this->LocalGenerators);
-  return initializer.generate();
-#else
-  return true;
-#endif
-}
-
 bool cmGlobalGenerator::AddHeaderSetVerification()
 {
   for (auto const& gen : this->LocalGenerators) {
diff --git a/Source/cmGlobalGenerator.h b/Source/cmGlobalGenerator.h
index 7de8215f38..73a4915340 100644
--- a/Source/cmGlobalGenerator.h
+++ b/Source/cmGlobalGenerator.h
@@ -625,10 +625,6 @@ protected:
 
   void CxxModuleSupportCheck() const;
 
-  /// @brief Qt AUTOMOC/UIC/RCC target generation
-  /// @return true on success
-  bool QtAutoGen();
-
   bool AddHeaderSetVerification();
 
   bool AddAutomaticSources();
diff --git a/Source/cmQtAutoGenGlobalInitializer.cxx b/Source/cmQtAutoGenGlobalInitializer.cxx
index 9e3fe7f6c4..1da8847fb6 100644
--- a/Source/cmQtAutoGenGlobalInitializer.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmQtAutoGenGlobalInitializer.cxx
@@ -264,11 +264,6 @@ cmQtAutoGenGlobalInitializer::GetCompilerFeatures(
   return res;
 }
 
-bool cmQtAutoGenGlobalInitializer::generate()
-{
-  return (this->InitializeCustomTargets() && this->SetupCustomTargets());
-}
-
 bool cmQtAutoGenGlobalInitializer::InitializeCustomTargets()
 {
   // Initialize global autogen targets
diff --git a/Source/cmQtAutoGenGlobalInitializer.h b/Source/cmQtAutoGenGlobalInitializer.h
index 3de5c1a850..e8569a538f 100644
--- a/Source/cmQtAutoGenGlobalInitializer.h
+++ b/Source/cmQtAutoGenGlobalInitializer.h
@@ -51,14 +51,12 @@ public:
 
   Keywords const& kw() const { return this->Keywords_; }
 
-  bool generate();
+  bool InitializeCustomTargets();
+  bool SetupCustomTargets();
 
 private:
   friend class cmQtAutoGenInitializer;
 
-  bool InitializeCustomTargets();
-  bool SetupCustomTargets();
-
   void GetOrCreateGlobalTarget(cmLocalGenerator* localGen,
                                std::string const& name,
                                std::string const& comment);