diff --git a/src/qt/CMakeLists.txt b/src/qt/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/src/qt/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/qt/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -238,6 +238,12 @@
 	Qt5::Widgets
 	Qt5::Network
 )
+if(ENABLE_BIP70)
+	target_link_libraries(bitcoin-qt-base
+		OpenSSL::SSL
+		${Protobuf_LIBRARIES}
+	)
+endif()
 if(ENABLE_NOTIFICATIONS)
 	target_link_libraries(bitcoin-qt-base Qt5::DBus)
 endif()
@@ -280,10 +286,6 @@
 
 	# Add BIP70 functionality to bitcoin-qt
 	if(ENABLE_BIP70)
-		target_link_libraries(bitcoin-qt-base
-			OpenSSL::SSL
-			${Protobuf_LIBRARIES}
-		)
 		target_sources(bitcoin-qt-base
 			PRIVATE
 				paymentrequestplus.cpp