diff --git a/modules/world/CMakeLists.txt b/modules/world/CMakeLists.txt
index 1530cc8d9d6636919d7f9fbe8e502dad4b1fffa8..a75037cfc7bb58ca24701079114364d9b6075e41 100644
--- a/modules/world/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/modules/world/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 set(the_description "All the selected OpenCV modules in a single binary")
 set(OPENCV_MODULE_IS_PART_OF_WORLD FALSE)
 set(BUILD_opencv_world_INIT OFF)
-if(IOS)
-set(BUILD_WORLD_AS_STATIC 1)
-endif()
 
-if(NOT BUILD_WORLD_AS_STATIC)
-set(OPENCV_MODULE_TYPE SHARED)
+if(IOS OR NOT BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
+  set(OPENCV_MODULE_TYPE STATIC)
+  set(OPENCV_WORLD_FLAGS_PROPERTY STATIC_LIBRARY_FLAGS)
+else()
+  set(OPENCV_WORLD_FLAGS_PROPERTY LINK_FLAGS)
 endif()
 
 ocv_add_module(world opencv_core)
@@ -85,25 +85,14 @@ string(REPLACE ";" " " objlist "${objlist}")
 if(have_cfg)
   string(REGEX REPLACE "<CONFIGURATION>" "Debug" objlist_dbg "${objlist}")
   string(REGEX REPLACE "<CONFIGURATION>" "Release" objlist_rls "${objlist}")
-  if(BUILD_WORLD_AS_STATIC)
-      set_target_properties(${the_module} PROPERTIES
-        STATIC_LIBRARY_FLAGS_DEBUG ${objlist_dbg}
-        STATIC_LIBRARY_FLAGS_RELEASE ${objlist_rls})
-  else()
-      set_target_properties(${the_module} PROPERTIES
-        LINK_FLAGS_DEBUG ${objlist_dbg}
-        LINK_FLAGS_RELEASE ${objlist_rls})
-  endif()
+  set_target_properties(${the_module} PROPERTIES
+    ${OPENCV_WORLD_FLAGS_PROPERTY}_DEBUG ${objlist_dbg}
+    ${OPENCV_WORLD_FLAGS_PROPERTY}_RELEASE ${objlist_rls})
 else()
   file(WRITE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/world_objects.list" "${objlist}")
   execute_process(COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_if_different "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/world_objects.list" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/world_objects.rsp" OUTPUT_QUIET)
-  if(BUILD_WORLD_AS_STATIC)
-    set_target_properties(${the_module} PROPERTIES
-      STATIC_LIBRARY_FLAGS "@${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/world_objects.rsp")
-  else()
-    set_target_properties(${the_module} PROPERTIES
-      LINK_FLAGS "@${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/world_objects.rsp")
-  endif()
+  set_target_properties(${the_module} PROPERTIES
+    ${OPENCV_WORLD_FLAGS_PROPERTY} "@${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/world_objects.rsp")
 endif()
 
 ocv_add_precompiled_headers(${the_module})