diff --git a/qt6-after/qt6-migrated-legatus/CMakeLists.txt b/qt6-after/qt6-migrated-legatus/CMakeLists.txt
index c1897bd0a..4ab79adf3 100755
--- a/qt6-after/qt6-migrated-legatus/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/qt6-after/qt6-migrated-legatus/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -200,7 +200,8 @@ OPTION(BUILD_GRANTLEE "Build CodeGen SQL files using KTextTemplate parser (KF6::
 
 # If BUILD_GRANTLEE is OFF but ngl_codegen is needed (for IDL codegen),
 # provide it as an imported executable target from pre-built location
-IF(NOT BUILD_GRANTLEE)
+# Skip this for RELEASE_BUILD since CodeGen is excluded and ngl_codegen is not needed
+IF(NOT BUILD_GRANTLEE AND NOT RELEASE_BUILD)
   # ngl_codegen is copied to build/bin/ by run_final_migration.sh
   # Create an imported target so MacroCodeGenIdl.cmake can find it
   IF(NOT TARGET ngl_codegen)