diff --git a/cMake/FreeCAD_Helpers/CompilerChecksAndSetups.cmake b/cMake/FreeCAD_Helpers/CompilerChecksAndSetups.cmake
index 313165fe52..d4ac3ca4f7 100644
--- a/cMake/FreeCAD_Helpers/CompilerChecksAndSetups.cmake
+++ b/cMake/FreeCAD_Helpers/CompilerChecksAndSetups.cmake
@@ -100,4 +100,7 @@ macro(CompilerChecksAndSetups)
         add_definitions(-DBOOST_PP_VARIADICS=1)
         message(STATUS "Force BOOST_PP_VARIADICS=1 for clang")
     endif()
+
+    add_definitions(-DBOOST_NO_CXX98_FUNCTION_BASE)
+
 endmacro(CompilerChecksAndSetups)
diff --git a/cMake/FreeCAD_Helpers/ConfigureCMakeVariables.cmake b/cMake/FreeCAD_Helpers/ConfigureCMakeVariables.cmake
index 834d2a7206..708bad0697 100644
--- a/cMake/FreeCAD_Helpers/ConfigureCMakeVariables.cmake
+++ b/cMake/FreeCAD_Helpers/ConfigureCMakeVariables.cmake
@@ -34,7 +34,4 @@ macro(ConfigureCMakeVariables)
     message(STATUS "includedir: ${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}")
     message(STATUS "libdir: ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}")
     message(STATUS "cmake: ${CMAKE_VERSION}")
-
-    add_compile_definitions(BOOST_NO_CXX98_FUNCTION_BASE)
-
 endmacro(ConfigureCMakeVariables)