diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 3812c207b5b..25325dd6f6f 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_EXTENSIONS OFF)
 
 list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/module)
+include(ProcessConfigurations)
 
 #=============================
 # Configurable options
@@ -230,8 +231,6 @@ if(BUILD_FOR_FUZZING)
   )
 endif()
 
-include(ProcessConfigurations)
-
 include(TryAppendCXXFlags)
 include(TryAppendLinkerFlag)
 
diff --git a/cmake/module/ProcessConfigurations.cmake b/cmake/module/ProcessConfigurations.cmake
index 52fca3cd1f7..9a510a00a55 100644
--- a/cmake/module/ProcessConfigurations.cmake
+++ b/cmake/module/ProcessConfigurations.cmake
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 
 include_guard(GLOBAL)
 
-include(TryAppendCXXFlags)
-
 macro(normalize_string string)
   string(REGEX REPLACE " +" " " ${string} "${${string}}")
   string(STRIP "${${string}}" ${string})
@@ -119,6 +117,8 @@ endfunction()
 
 set_default_config(RelWithDebInfo)
 
+include(TryAppendCXXFlags)
+
 # We leave assertions on.
 if(MSVC)
   remove_cxx_flag_from_all_configs(/DNDEBUG)