diff --git a/cmake/SelectRegex.cmake b/cmake/SelectRegex.cmake
index 5dbd8182e..f2a41b593 100644
--- a/cmake/SelectRegex.cmake
+++ b/cmake/SelectRegex.cmake
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ elseif(USE_REGEX STREQUAL "regcomp")
 elseif(USE_REGEX STREQUAL "builtin")
 	add_feature_info("Regular expressions" ON "using bundled implementation")
 	set(GIT_REGEX_BUILTIN 1)
-	add_definitions(-DPCRE2_STATIC)
 
 	add_subdirectory("${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/deps/pcre2" "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/deps/pcre2")
 	list(APPEND LIBGIT2_DEPENDENCY_INCLUDES "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/deps/pcre2")
diff --git a/deps/pcre2/CMakeLists.txt b/deps/pcre2/CMakeLists.txt
index 90fe0dbd8..0523d8a63 100644
--- a/deps/pcre2/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/deps/pcre2/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -113,3 +113,4 @@ include_directories(${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR})
 add_library(pcre2 OBJECT
 	${PCRE2_HEADERS} ${PCRE2_SOURCES}
 	${PCRE2POSIX_HEADERS} ${PCRE2POSIX_SOURCES})
+target_compile_definitions(pcre2 PRIVATE PCRE2_STATIC)
diff --git a/src/util/CMakeLists.txt b/src/util/CMakeLists.txt
index 090cd8bf9..10cc28579 100644
--- a/src/util/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/util/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -78,3 +78,7 @@ ide_split_sources(util)
 
 target_include_directories(util PRIVATE ${UTIL_INCLUDES} ${LIBGIT2_DEPENDENCY_INCLUDES} PUBLIC ${libgit2_SOURCE_DIR}/include)
 target_include_directories(util SYSTEM PRIVATE ${LIBGIT2_SYSTEM_INCLUDES})
+
+if(USE_REGEX STREQUAL "builtin")
+	target_compile_definitions(util PRIVATE PCRE2_STATIC)
+endif()