diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 6525df594..350f1816c 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -991,8 +991,8 @@ if(MLN_WITH_OPENGL)
     message(STATUS "Configuring GL-Native with OpenGL renderer backend")
     target_compile_definitions(
         mbgl-core
-        PRIVATE MLN_RENDER_BACKEND_OPENGL=1
         PUBLIC
+            MLN_RENDER_BACKEND_OPENGL=1
             "MLN_USE_UNORDERED_DENSE=$<BOOL:${MLN_USE_UNORDERED_DENSE}>"
     )
     list(APPEND
@@ -1136,8 +1136,8 @@ if(MLN_WITH_METAL)
     message(STATUS "Configuring Metal renderer backend")
     target_compile_definitions(
         mbgl-core
-        PRIVATE MLN_RENDER_BACKEND_METAL=1
         PUBLIC
+            MLN_RENDER_BACKEND_METAL=1
             "MLN_USE_UNORDERED_DENSE=$<BOOL:${MLN_USE_UNORDERED_DENSE}>"
     )
     list(APPEND
@@ -1235,7 +1235,7 @@ if(MLN_WITH_VULKAN)
 
     target_compile_definitions(
         mbgl-core
-        PRIVATE
+        PUBLIC
             MLN_RENDER_BACKEND_VULKAN=1
     )
 
diff --git a/benchmark/CMakeLists.txt b/benchmark/CMakeLists.txt
index 818ab90e0..c848e6864 100644
--- a/benchmark/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/benchmark/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -61,7 +61,3 @@ target_link_libraries(
 )
 
 set_property(TARGET mbgl-benchmark PROPERTY FOLDER MapLibre)
-
-if(MLN_WITH_OPENGL)
-    target_compile_definitions(mbgl-benchmark PRIVATE "MLN_RENDER_BACKEND_OPENGL=1")
-endif()
diff --git a/bin/CMakeLists.txt b/bin/CMakeLists.txt
index 7dca72a53..351d9e55b 100644
--- a/bin/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/bin/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -56,7 +56,3 @@ install(TARGETS mbgl-offline mbgl-render RUNTIME DESTINATION bin)
 # ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR} )
 #
 # add_test(NAME mbgl-render-tool-test COMMAND mbgl-render WORKING_DIRECTORY ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR} )
-
-if(MLN_WITH_OPENGL)
-    target_compile_definitions(mbgl-render PRIVATE "MLN_RENDER_BACKEND_OPENGL=1")
-endif()
diff --git a/platform/android/MapLibreAndroid/src/cpp/CMakeLists.txt b/platform/android/MapLibreAndroid/src/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
index c156aa756..8a1d934ba 100644
--- a/platform/android/MapLibreAndroid/src/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/platform/android/MapLibreAndroid/src/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -205,10 +205,6 @@ if(MLN_WITH_OPENGL)
             ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/android_gl_renderer_backend.cpp
             ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/android_gl_renderer_backend.hpp
     )
-    target_compile_definitions(
-        maplibre
-            PRIVATE MLN_RENDER_BACKEND_OPENGL=1
-    )
 endif()
 
 if(MLN_WITH_VULKAN)
@@ -217,10 +213,6 @@ if(MLN_WITH_VULKAN)
             ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/android_vulkan_renderer_backend.cpp
             ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/android_vulkan_renderer_backend.hpp
     )
-    target_compile_definitions(
-        maplibre
-            PRIVATE MLN_RENDER_BACKEND_VULKAN=1
-    )
 endif()
 
 target_include_directories(
diff --git a/platform/darwin/darwin.cmake b/platform/darwin/darwin.cmake
index 4217aa752..7f25019eb 100644
--- a/platform/darwin/darwin.cmake
+++ b/platform/darwin/darwin.cmake
@@ -172,13 +172,6 @@ target_link_libraries(
     PRIVATE mbgl-compiler-options mbgl-core
 )
 
-if(MLN_WITH_METAL)
-    target_compile_definitions(
-        custom-layer-examples
-        PRIVATE MLN_RENDER_BACKEND_METAL=1
-    )
-endif()
-
 target_include_directories(
     custom-layer-examples
     PUBLIC
diff --git a/platform/glfw/CMakeLists.txt b/platform/glfw/CMakeLists.txt
index 5515704ef..aea224a0d 100644
--- a/platform/glfw/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/platform/glfw/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -37,10 +37,6 @@ if(MLN_WITH_OPENGL)
         mbgl-glfw
         PRIVATE ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/platform/glfw/glfw_gl_backend.cpp
     )
-    target_compile_definitions(
-        mbgl-glfw
-        PRIVATE MLN_RENDER_BACKEND_OPENGL=1
-    )
 endif()
 
 if(MLN_WITH_EGL)
@@ -55,11 +51,6 @@ if(MLN_WITH_VULKAN)
         mbgl-glfw
         PRIVATE ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/platform/glfw/glfw_vulkan_backend.cpp
     )
-
-    target_compile_definitions(
-        mbgl-glfw
-        PRIVATE MLN_RENDER_BACKEND_VULKAN=1
-    )
 endif()
 
 if(MLN_WITH_METAL)
@@ -71,10 +62,6 @@ if(MLN_WITH_METAL)
         ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/platform/glfw/glfw_metal_backend.h
         ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/platform/glfw/metal_backend.h
     )
-    target_compile_definitions(
-        mbgl-glfw
-        PRIVATE MLN_RENDER_BACKEND_METAL=1
-    )
     target_link_libraries(
         mbgl-glfw
         PRIVATE
diff --git a/platform/ios/ios.cmake b/platform/ios/ios.cmake
index dddced247..78ea7f6a6 100644
--- a/platform/ios/ios.cmake
+++ b/platform/ios/ios.cmake
@@ -90,10 +90,6 @@ set_target_properties(ios-sdk-static PROPERTIES
 
 if(MLN_WITH_METAL)
     message(STATUS "Configuring Metal renderer backend")
-    target_compile_definitions(
-        ios-sdk-static
-        PRIVATE MLN_RENDER_BACKEND_METAL=1
-    )
 endif()
 
 target_include_directories(
diff --git a/render-test/CMakeLists.txt b/render-test/CMakeLists.txt
index 3296a21c1..545ecb4ef 100644
--- a/render-test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/render-test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -65,7 +65,3 @@ target_link_libraries(
 )
 
 set_property(TARGET mbgl-render-test PROPERTY FOLDER MapLibre)
-
-if(MLN_WITH_OPENGL)
-    target_compile_definitions(mbgl-render-test PRIVATE "MLN_RENDER_BACKEND_OPENGL=1")
-endif()
diff --git a/test/CMakeLists.txt b/test/CMakeLists.txt
index 1fa8fffcb..2b21d7f23 100644
--- a/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -148,10 +148,6 @@ if(MLN_WITH_OPENGL)
             ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/test/renderer/backend_scope.test.cpp
             ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/test/util/offscreen_texture.test.cpp
     )
-    target_compile_definitions(
-        mbgl-test
-        PRIVATE MLN_RENDER_BACKEND_OPENGL=1
-    )
 endif()
 
 
@@ -164,17 +160,6 @@ if(MLN_WITH_VULKAN)
             ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/test/renderer/backend_scope.test.cpp
             ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/test/util/offscreen_texture.test.cpp
     )
-    target_compile_definitions(
-        mbgl-test
-        PRIVATE MLN_RENDER_BACKEND_VULKAN=1
-    )
-endif()
-
-if(MLN_WITH_METAL)
-    target_compile_definitions(
-        mbgl-test
-        PRIVATE MLN_RENDER_BACKEND_METAL=1
-    )
 endif()
 
 if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL Android)