diff --git a/cmake/HPX_AddModule.cmake b/cmake/HPX_AddModule.cmake
index f735011adc6b..8f48aae8093d 100644
--- a/cmake/HPX_AddModule.cmake
+++ b/cmake/HPX_AddModule.cmake
@@ -100,12 +100,26 @@ function(add_hpx_module name)
     )
   endif()
 
+  set(force_linking_header "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/hpx/${name}/force_linking.hpp")
+  # Add a header to force linking of modules on Windows
+  FILE(WRITE ${force_linking_header}
+      "//  Copyright (c) 2019 The STE||AR GROUP\n"
+      "//\n"
+      "//  Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying\n"
+      "//  file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)\n"
+      "\n"
+      "namespace hpx { namespace config\n"
+      "{\n"
+      "    void force_linking();\n"
+      "}}\n"
+  )
+
   foreach(header_file ${headers})
     hpx_debug(${header_file})
   endforeach(header_file)
 
   add_library(hpx_${name} STATIC ${sources} ${headers} ${global_header} ${compat_headers})
-  
+
   target_link_libraries(hpx_${name} ${${name}_DEPENDENCIES})
   target_include_directories(hpx_${name} PUBLIC
     $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${HEADER_ROOT}>
@@ -173,7 +187,7 @@ function(add_hpx_module name)
       COMPONENT ${name}
     )
   endif()
-  
+
   write_config_defines_file(
     NAMESPACE ${name_upper}
     FILENAME "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/hpx/${name}/config/defines.hpp")
@@ -185,5 +199,5 @@ function(add_hpx_module name)
   foreach(dir ${${name}_CMAKE_SUBDIRS})
     add_subdirectory(${dir})
   endforeach(dir)
-  
+
 endfunction(add_hpx_module)
diff --git a/libs/cache/CMakeLists.txt b/libs/cache/CMakeLists.txt
index 3c8025d843a6..cb4b7224da6d 100644
--- a/libs/cache/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libs/cache/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake")
 
 # Default location is $HPX_ROOT/libs/cache/include
 set(cache_headers
-  hpx/cache/force_linking.hpp
   hpx/cache/local_cache.hpp
   hpx/cache/lru_cache.hpp
   hpx/cache/entries/entry.hpp
diff --git a/libs/cache/include/hpx/cache/force_linking.hpp b/libs/cache/include/hpx/cache/force_linking.hpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 3712a699a2d7..000000000000
--- a/libs/cache/include/hpx/cache/force_linking.hpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-//  Copyright (c) 2019 Hartmut Kaiser
-//
-//  Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying
-//  file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
-
-///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-namespace hpx { namespace cache
-{
-    void force_linking();
-}}
diff --git a/libs/config/CMakeLists.txt b/libs/config/CMakeLists.txt
index 5134a263ba80..cb01563148b0 100644
--- a/libs/config/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libs/config/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ set(config_headers
   hpx/config/emulate_deleted.hpp
   hpx/config/export_definitions.hpp
   hpx/config/forceinline.hpp
-  hpx/config/force_linking.hpp
   hpx/config/lambda_capture.hpp
   hpx/config/manual_profiling.hpp
   hpx/config/threads_stack.hpp
diff --git a/libs/config/include/hpx/config/force_linking.hpp b/libs/config/include/hpx/config/force_linking.hpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 76a349617989..000000000000
--- a/libs/config/include/hpx/config/force_linking.hpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-//  Copyright (c) 2019 Hartmut Kaiser
-//
-//  Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying
-//  file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
-
-///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-namespace hpx { namespace config
-{
-    void force_linking();
-}}
diff --git a/libs/preprocessor/CMakeLists.txt b/libs/preprocessor/CMakeLists.txt
index 4db15f74ca20..e0c00c6f9717 100644
--- a/libs/preprocessor/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libs/preprocessor/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ set(preprocessor_headers
   hpx/preprocessor/cat.hpp
   hpx/preprocessor/config.hpp
   hpx/preprocessor/expand.hpp
-  hpx/preprocessor/force_linking.hpp
   hpx/preprocessor/nargs.hpp
   hpx/preprocessor/stringize.hpp
   hpx/preprocessor/strip_parens.hpp
diff --git a/libs/preprocessor/include/hpx/preprocessor/force_linking.hpp b/libs/preprocessor/include/hpx/preprocessor/force_linking.hpp
deleted file mode 100644
index a3f17b54f9ee..000000000000
--- a/libs/preprocessor/include/hpx/preprocessor/force_linking.hpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-//  Copyright (c) 2019 Hartmut Kaiser
-//
-//  Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying
-//  file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
-
-///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-namespace hpx { namespace preprocessor
-{
-    void force_linking();
-}}