diff --git a/platform/linux/linux.cmake b/platform/linux/linux.cmake
index 49eaae01b..cdeccac81 100644
--- a/platform/linux/linux.cmake
+++ b/platform/linux/linux.cmake
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ target_sources(
     PRIVATE
         ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/platform/default/src/mbgl/gfx/headless_backend.cpp
         ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/platform/default/src/mbgl/gfx/headless_frontend.cpp
-        ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/platform/default/src/mbgl/gl/headless_backend.cpp
         ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/platform/default/src/mbgl/i18n/collator.cpp
         ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/platform/default/src/mbgl/i18n/number_format.cpp
         ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/platform/default/src/mbgl/layermanager/layer_manager.cpp
@@ -71,9 +70,17 @@ target_sources(
         ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/platform/default/src/mbgl/util/thread_local.cpp
         ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/platform/default/src/mbgl/util/timer.cpp
         ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/platform/default/src/mbgl/util/utf.cpp
-        ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/platform/linux/src/gl_functions.cpp
 )
 
+if(MLN_WITH_OPENGL)
+    target_sources(
+        mbgl-core
+        PRIVATE
+            ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/platform/default/src/mbgl/gl/headless_backend.cpp
+            ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/platform/linux/src/gl_functions.cpp
+    )
+endif()
+
 if(MLN_WITH_EGL)
     find_package(OpenGL REQUIRED EGL)
     target_sources(