diff --git a/cmake/app/boilerplate.cmake b/cmake/app/boilerplate.cmake
index a7722cc4df8..0e04b6f6292 100644
--- a/cmake/app/boilerplate.cmake
+++ b/cmake/app/boilerplate.cmake
@@ -477,10 +477,6 @@ if(NOT DEFINED USER_CACHE_DIR)
 endif()
 message(STATUS "Cache files will be written to: ${USER_CACHE_DIR}")
 
-# Prevent CMake from testing the toolchain
-set(CMAKE_C_COMPILER_FORCED   1)
-set(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_FORCED 1)
-
 include(${ZEPHYR_BASE}/cmake/verify-toolchain.cmake)
 include(${ZEPHYR_BASE}/cmake/host-tools.cmake)
 
diff --git a/cmake/generic_toolchain.cmake b/cmake/generic_toolchain.cmake
index cea472c5a87..18894e0439d 100644
--- a/cmake/generic_toolchain.cmake
+++ b/cmake/generic_toolchain.cmake
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
+# Prevent CMake from testing the toolchain
+set(CMAKE_C_COMPILER_FORCED   1)
+set(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_FORCED 1)
+
 if(NOT TOOLCHAIN_ROOT)
   if(DEFINED ENV{TOOLCHAIN_ROOT})
     # Support for out-of-tree toolchain
diff --git a/cmake/target_toolchain.cmake b/cmake/target_toolchain.cmake
index 0d8bbc2d32d..7ac1002e29b 100644
--- a/cmake/target_toolchain.cmake
+++ b/cmake/target_toolchain.cmake
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
+# Prevent CMake from testing the toolchain
+set(CMAKE_C_COMPILER_FORCED   1)
+set(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_FORCED 1)
+
 # No official documentation exists for the "Generic" value, except their wiki.
 #
 # https://gitlab.kitware.com/cmake/community/wikis/doc/cmake/CrossCompiling: