diff --git a/libc/cmake/modules/LLVMLibCCompileOptionRules.cmake b/libc/cmake/modules/LLVMLibCCompileOptionRules.cmake
index 4c36ed8620f40..4e9a9b66a63a7 100644
--- a/libc/cmake/modules/LLVMLibCCompileOptionRules.cmake
+++ b/libc/cmake/modules/LLVMLibCCompileOptionRules.cmake
@@ -81,6 +81,14 @@ function(_get_compile_options_from_config output_var)
     list(APPEND config_options "-DLIBC_QSORT_IMPL=${LIBC_CONF_QSORT_IMPL}")
   endif()
 
+  if(LIBC_CONF_STRING_UNSAFE_WIDE_READ)
+    list(APPEND config_options "-DLIBC_COPT_STRING_UNSAFE_WIDE_READ")
+  endif()
+
+  if(LIBC_CONF_MEMSET_X86_USE_SOFTWARE_PREFETCHING)
+    list(APPEND config_options "-DLIBC_COPT_MEMSET_X86_USE_SOFTWARE_PREFETCHING")
+  endif()
+
   if(LIBC_TYPES_TIME_T_IS_32_BIT AND LLVM_LIBC_FULL_BUILD)
     list(APPEND config_options "-DLIBC_TYPES_TIME_T_IS_32_BIT")
   endif()
diff --git a/libc/src/string/CMakeLists.txt b/libc/src/string/CMakeLists.txt
index 83c956429be24..a640e1d2cc774 100644
--- a/libc/src/string/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libc/src/string/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,15 +1,5 @@
 add_subdirectory(memory_utils)
 
-if(LIBC_CONF_STRING_UNSAFE_WIDE_READ)
-  list(APPEND string_config_options "-DLIBC_COPT_STRING_UNSAFE_WIDE_READ")
-endif()
-if(LIBC_CONF_MEMSET_X86_USE_SOFTWARE_PREFETCHING)
-  list(APPEND string_config_options "-DLIBC_COPT_MEMSET_X86_USE_SOFTWARE_PREFETCHING")
-endif()
-if(string_config_options)
-  list(PREPEND string_config_options "COMPILE_OPTIONS")
-endif()
-
 add_header_library(
   string_utils
   HDRS
@@ -24,7 +14,6 @@ add_header_library(
     libc.src.__support.common
     libc.src.__support.macros.attributes
     libc.src.string.memory_utils.inline_memcpy
-  ${string_config_options}
 )
 
 add_header_library(