diff --git a/docs/examples/CMakeLists.txt b/docs/examples/CMakeLists.txt
index 8f5f925e0c..39569b7b38 100644
--- a/docs/examples/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/docs/examples/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -37,6 +37,17 @@ foreach(_target IN LISTS check_PROGRAMS _all)  # keep '_all' last
       set(_examples_c "${check_PROGRAMS}")
       list(TRANSFORM _examples_c APPEND ".c")
       add_library(${_target_name} OBJECT EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL ${_examples_c})
+      if(MSVC AND NOT CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "Clang")
+        # CMake generates a static library for the OBJECT target. Which triggers warnings:
+        # warning LNK4006: main already defined in ....obj; second definition ignored
+        # warning LNK4221: This object file does not define any previously undefined public symbols,
+        #                  so it will not be used by any link operation that consumes this library
+        if(CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL 3.13)
+          set_target_properties(${_target_name} PROPERTIES STATIC_LIBRARY_OPTIONS "-ignore:4006;-ignore:4221")
+        else()
+          set_target_properties(${_target_name} PROPERTIES STATIC_LIBRARY_FLAGS "-ignore:4006;-ignore:4221")
+        endif()
+      endif()
     else()
       set(_examples_c "")
       foreach(_src IN LISTS check_PROGRAMS)
@@ -46,17 +57,6 @@ foreach(_target IN LISTS check_PROGRAMS _all)  # keep '_all' last
     endif()
     add_custom_target(curl-examples-build)  # Special target to compile all tests quickly and build a single test to probe linkage
     add_dependencies(curl-examples-build ${_target_name} ${_all_plus_one})  # Include a full build of a single test
-    if(MSVC AND NOT CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "Clang")
-      # CMake generates a static library for the OBJECT target. Which triggers warnings:
-      # warning LNK4006: main already defined in ....obj; second definition ignored
-      # warning LNK4221: This object file does not define any previously undefined public symbols,
-      #                  so it will not be used by any link operation that consumes this library
-      if(CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL 3.13)
-        set_target_properties(curl-examples-build PROPERTIES STATIC_LIBRARY_OPTIONS "-ignore:4006;-ignore:4221")
-      else()
-        set_target_properties(curl-examples-build PROPERTIES STATIC_LIBRARY_FLAGS "-ignore:4006;-ignore:4221")
-      endif()
-    endif()
   else()
     set(_all_plus_one ${_target_name})  # Save the last test for the curl-examples-build target
     add_executable(${_target_name} EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL "${_target}.c")