diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 4af6f90b753486..b6373bf937352e 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ include(compilerconfig)
 include(defaults)
 include(helpers)
 
-option(ENABLE_UI "Enable building with UI (requires Qt)" ON)
 option(ENABLE_SCRIPTING "Enable scripting support" ON)
 option(ENABLE_HEVC "Enable HEVC encoders" ON)
 
diff --git a/shared/obs-scripting/CMakeLists.txt b/shared/obs-scripting/CMakeLists.txt
index c609c257b395e7..1513bbfb1426fb 100644
--- a/shared/obs-scripting/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/shared/obs-scripting/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ target_sources(
 
 target_compile_definitions(
   obs-scripting
-  PRIVATE SCRIPT_DIR="${OBS_SCRIPT_PLUGIN_PATH}" $<$<BOOL:${ENABLE_UI}>:ENABLE_UI>
+  PRIVATE SCRIPT_DIR="${OBS_SCRIPT_PLUGIN_PATH}" $<$<BOOL:${ENABLE_FRONTEND}>:ENABLE_UI>
 )
 
 target_include_directories(obs-scripting PUBLIC "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}")
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ target_link_libraries(
   PRIVATE
     OBS::libobs
     OBS::cstrcache
-    $<$<BOOL:${ENABLE_UI}>:OBS::frontend-api>
+    $<$<BOOL:${ENABLE_FRONTEND}>:OBS::frontend-api>
     $<$<PLATFORM_ID:Windows>:OBS::w32-pthreads>
     $<$<PLATFORM_ID:Darwin>:objc>
 )
diff --git a/shared/obs-scripting/cmake/lua.cmake b/shared/obs-scripting/cmake/lua.cmake
index e7e8147e2f97bb..0a67adfaead654 100644
--- a/shared/obs-scripting/cmake/lua.cmake
+++ b/shared/obs-scripting/cmake/lua.cmake
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ if(ENABLE_SCRIPTING_LUA)
   target_sources(
     obs-scripting
     PRIVATE
-      $<$<BOOL:${ENABLE_UI}>:obs-scripting-lua-frontend.c>
+      $<$<BOOL:${ENABLE_FRONTEND}>:obs-scripting-lua-frontend.c>
       obs-scripting-lua-source.c
       obs-scripting-lua.c
       obs-scripting-lua.h
diff --git a/shared/obs-scripting/cmake/python.cmake b/shared/obs-scripting/cmake/python.cmake
index 5ea5fda7793cea..cb75a3dc97b0cb 100644
--- a/shared/obs-scripting/cmake/python.cmake
+++ b/shared/obs-scripting/cmake/python.cmake
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ if(ENABLE_SCRIPTING_PYTHON)
   target_sources(
     obs-scripting
     PRIVATE
-      $<$<BOOL:${ENABLE_UI}>:obs-scripting-python-frontend.c>
+      $<$<BOOL:${ENABLE_FRONTEND}>:obs-scripting-python-frontend.c>
       $<$<PLATFORM_ID:Windows,Darwin>:obs-scripting-python-import.c>
       obs-scripting-python-import.h
       obs-scripting-python.c
diff --git a/shared/obs-scripting/obs-scripting-config.h.in b/shared/obs-scripting/obs-scripting-config.h.in
index 09bb9da0b2da87..e4e42f4fd02eab 100644
--- a/shared/obs-scripting/obs-scripting-config.h.in
+++ b/shared/obs-scripting/obs-scripting-config.h.in
@@ -26,4 +26,4 @@
 #define SCRIPT_DIR     "@OBS_SCRIPT_PLUGIN_PATH@"
 #define PYTHON_LIB     "@OBS_SCRIPT_PYTHON_PATH@"
 
-#define UI_ENABLED     @ENABLE_UI@
+#define UI_ENABLED     @ENABLE_FRONTEND@
diff --git a/shared/obs-scripting/obslua/CMakeLists.txt b/shared/obs-scripting/obslua/CMakeLists.txt
index 3e617f43c5e126..49cc5f0512ca80 100644
--- a/shared/obs-scripting/obslua/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/shared/obs-scripting/obslua/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -33,12 +33,12 @@ target_compile_options(
 
 target_compile_definitions(
   obslua
-  PRIVATE SWIG_TYPE_TABLE=obslua SWIG_LUA_INTERPRETER_NO_DEBUG $<$<BOOL:${ENABLE_UI}>:ENABLE_UI>
+  PRIVATE SWIG_TYPE_TABLE=obslua SWIG_LUA_INTERPRETER_NO_DEBUG $<$<BOOL:${ENABLE_FRONTEND}>:ENABLE_UI>
 )
 
 target_link_libraries(
   obslua
-  PRIVATE OBS::cstrcache OBS::libobs OBS::scripting Luajit::Luajit $<$<BOOL:${ENABLE_UI}>:OBS::frontend-api>
+  PRIVATE OBS::cstrcache OBS::libobs OBS::scripting Luajit::Luajit $<$<BOOL:${ENABLE_FRONTEND}>:OBS::frontend-api>
 )
 
 set_property(
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ set_property(
     SWIG_COMPILE_DEFINITIONS
       "SWIG_TYPE_TABLE=obslua"
       "SWIG_LUA_INTERPRETER_NO_DEBUG"
-      "$<$<BOOL:${ENABLE_UI}>:ENABLE_UI>"
+      "$<$<BOOL:${ENABLE_FRONTEND}>:ENABLE_UI>"
 )
 
 set_target_properties_obs(obslua PROPERTIES FOLDER scripting XCODE_ATTRIBUTE_STRIP_STYLE non-global)
diff --git a/shared/obs-scripting/obspython/CMakeLists.txt b/shared/obs-scripting/obspython/CMakeLists.txt
index 837032f15db4da..aefacacb8b3330 100644
--- a/shared/obs-scripting/obspython/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/shared/obs-scripting/obspython/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ target_compile_definitions(
     SWIG_TYPE_TABLE=obspython
     Py_ENABLE_SHARED=1
     SWIG_PYTHON_INTERPRETER_NO_DEBUG
-    $<$<BOOL:${ENABLE_UI}>:ENABLE_UI>
+    $<$<BOOL:${ENABLE_FRONTEND}>:ENABLE_UI>
 )
 
 target_link_libraries(
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ target_link_libraries(
     OBS::cstrcache
     OBS::libobs
     OBS::scripting
-    $<$<BOOL:${ENABLE_UI}>:OBS::frontend-api>
+    $<$<BOOL:${ENABLE_FRONTEND}>:OBS::frontend-api>
     $<$<NOT:$<PLATFORM_ID:Darwin>>:Python::Python>
 )
 
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ set_property(
       "SWIG_TYPE_TABLE=obspython"
       "Py_ENABLE_SHARED=1"
       "SWIG_PYTHON_INTERPRETER_NO_DEBUG"
-      "$<$<BOOL:${ENABLE_UI}>:ENABLE_UI>"
+      "$<$<BOOL:${ENABLE_FRONTEND}>:ENABLE_UI>"
       "$<$<PLATFORM_ID:Windows>:MS_NO_COREDLL>"
 )