diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 4af6f90b7..7ae561131 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ include(compilerconfig)
 include(defaults)
 include(helpers)
 
-option(ENABLE_UI "Enable building with UI (requires Qt)" ON)
+option(ENABLE_FRONTEND "Enable building with UI (requires Qt)" ON)
 option(ENABLE_SCRIPTING "Enable scripting support" ON)
 option(ENABLE_HEVC "Enable HEVC encoders" ON)
 
diff --git a/frontend/CMakeLists.txt b/frontend/CMakeLists.txt
index 6f677d4fe..7685d465e 100644
--- a/frontend/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/frontend/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.28...3.30)
 
 add_subdirectory(api)
 
-option(ENABLE_FRONTEND "Enable building with UI frontend (requires Qt6)" ON)
-
 if(NOT ENABLE_FRONTEND)
   target_disable_feature(obs "User Interface")
   return()
diff --git a/shared/obs-scripting/CMakeLists.txt b/shared/obs-scripting/CMakeLists.txt
index c609c257b..a747b6f09 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_FRONTEND>
 )
 
 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 e7e8147e2..0a67adfae 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 5ea5fda77..cb75a3dc9 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 09bb9da0b..e4e42f4fd 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/obs-scripting-lua.c b/shared/obs-scripting/obs-scripting-lua.c
index 912b128bf..28e3141dc 100644
--- a/shared/obs-scripting/obs-scripting-lua.c
+++ b/shared/obs-scripting/obs-scripting-lua.c
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ static void add_hook_functions(lua_State *script);
 static int obs_lua_remove_tick_callback(lua_State *script);
 static int obs_lua_remove_main_render_callback(lua_State *script);
 
-#ifdef ENABLE_UI
+#ifdef ENABLE_FRONTEND
 void add_lua_frontend_funcs(lua_State *script);
 #endif
 
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ static bool load_lua_script(struct obs_lua_script *data)
 
 	add_lua_source_functions(script);
 	add_hook_functions(script);
-#ifdef ENABLE_UI
+#ifdef ENABLE_FRONTEND
 	add_lua_frontend_funcs(script);
 #endif
 
diff --git a/shared/obs-scripting/obslua/CMakeLists.txt b/shared/obs-scripting/obslua/CMakeLists.txt
index 3e617f43c..1f06a9059 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_FRONTEND>
 )
 
 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_FRONTEND>"
 )
 
 set_target_properties_obs(obslua PROPERTIES FOLDER scripting XCODE_ATTRIBUTE_STRIP_STYLE non-global)
diff --git a/shared/obs-scripting/obslua/obslua.i b/shared/obs-scripting/obslua/obslua.i
index dcd08057a..f246da4d4 100644
--- a/shared/obs-scripting/obslua/obslua.i
+++ b/shared/obs-scripting/obslua/obslua.i
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 #include <util/platform.h>
 #include <util/config-file.h>
 
-#if defined(ENABLE_UI)
+#if defined(ENABLE_FRONTEND)
 #include "obs-frontend-api.h"
 #endif
 
@@ -106,6 +106,6 @@ static inline void wrap_blog(int log_level, const char *message)
 %include "util/platform.h"
 %include "util/config-file.h"
 
-#if defined(ENABLE_UI)
+#if defined(ENABLE_FRONTEND)
 %include "obs-frontend-api.h"
 #endif
diff --git a/shared/obs-scripting/obspython/CMakeLists.txt b/shared/obs-scripting/obspython/CMakeLists.txt
index 28266ca47..ad6396683 100644
--- a/shared/obs-scripting/obspython/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/shared/obs-scripting/obspython/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ 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_FRONTEND>
 )
 
 target_link_libraries(
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ 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>
 )
 
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ set_property(
       "SWIG_TYPE_TABLE=obspython"
       "Py_ENABLE_SHARED=1"
       "SWIG_PYTHON_INTERPRETER_NO_DEBUG"
-      "$<$<BOOL:${ENABLE_UI}>:ENABLE_UI>"
+      "$<$<BOOL:${ENABLE_FRONTEND}>:ENABLE_FRONTEND>"
       "$<$<PLATFORM_ID:Windows>:MS_NO_COREDLL>"
 )
 
diff --git a/shared/obs-scripting/obspython/obspython.i b/shared/obs-scripting/obspython/obspython.i
index 506af53c5..826b3ef27 100644
--- a/shared/obs-scripting/obspython/obspython.i
+++ b/shared/obs-scripting/obspython/obspython.i
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 #include <util/platform.h>
 #include <util/config-file.h>
 
-#if defined(ENABLE_UI)
+#if defined(ENABLE_FRONTEND)
 #include "obs-frontend-api.h"
 #endif
 
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ static inline void wrap_blog(int log_level, const char *message)
 %include "util/platform.h"
 %include "util/config-file.h"
 
-#if defined(ENABLE_UI)
+#if defined(ENABLE_FRONTEND)
 %include "obs-frontend-api.h"
 #endif