diff --git a/cmake/CMakeLists.txt b/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
index f2f46cb08f..5dcb060d8c 100644
--- a/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -276,6 +276,14 @@ else()
     endif()
 endif()
 
+if (WASM_BUILD)
+    set(BOOST_COMPONENTS)
+else()
+    # @todo review this, shouldn't this be all possible header-only now?
+    # ... or rewritten using C++17 features?
+    set(BOOST_COMPONENTS system program_options regex thread date_time)
+endif()
+
 if(USE_MMAP)
     if(MSVC)
         # filesystem is necessary for the utf-16 wpath
@@ -291,14 +299,6 @@ find_package(Boost REQUIRED COMPONENTS ${BOOST_COMPONENTS})
 message(STATUS "Boost include files found in ${Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS}")
 message(STATUS "Boost libraries found in ${Boost_LIBRARY_DIRS}")
 
-if (WASM_BUILD)
-    set(BOOST_COMPONENTS)
-else()
-    # @todo review this, shouldn't this be all possible header-only now?
-    # ... or rewritten using C++17 features?
-    set(BOOST_COMPONENTS system program_options regex thread date_time)
-endif()
-
 if(NOT MINIMAL_BUILD)
     # libxml2 is required for IFCXML (optional) and SVGFILL (mandatory)
     find_package(LibXml2 REQUIRED)