diff --git a/Meta/CMake/serenity_components.cmake b/Meta/CMake/serenity_components.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d2b5d475a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Meta/CMake/serenity_components.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+#
+# Target properties and functions for optionally building libraries and applications
+#
+
+define_property(TARGET PROPERTY SERENITY_COMPONENT_NAME BRIEF_DOCS "SerenityOS component name" FULL_DOCS "-")
+define_property(TARGET PROPERTY SERENITY_COMPONENT_DESCRIPTION BRIEF_DOCS "SerenityOS component description" FULL_DOCS "-")
+define_property(TARGET PROPERTY SERENITY_COMPONENT_RECOMMENDED BRIEF_DOCS "SerenityOS component recommended (flag)" FULL_DOCS "-")
+define_property(TARGET PROPERTY SERENITY_COMPONENT_REQUIRED BRIEF_DOCS "SerenityOS component required (flag)" FULL_DOCS "-")
+define_property(TARGET PROPERTY SERENITY_COMPONENT_DEPENDS BRIEF_DOCS "SerenityOS component dependencies" FULL_DOCS "-")
+
+function(serenity_component name)
+    cmake_parse_arguments(PARSE_ARGV 1 SERENITY_COMPONENT "RECOMMENDED;REQUIRED" "DESCRIPTION" "TARGETS;DEPENDS")
+    string(TOUPPER "${name}" NAME_UPPER)
+    option("BUILD_${NAME_UPPER}" "Build ${name}" "${SERENITY_COMPONENT_RECOMMENDED}")
+    add_custom_target("Component${name}")
+    set_target_properties(
+        "Component${name}" PROPERTIES
+        SERENITY_COMPONENT_NAME        "${name}"
+        SERENITY_COMPONENT_DESCRIPTION "${SERENITY_COMPONENT_DESCRIPTION}"
+        SERENITY_COMPONENT_RECOMMENDED "${SERENITY_COMPONENT_RECOMMENDED}"
+        SERENITY_COMPONENT_REQUIRED    "${SERENITY_COMPONENT_REQUIRED}"
+        SERENITY_COMPONENT_DEPENDS     "${SERENITY_COMPONENT_DEPENDS}"
+    )
+    if(NOT "${SERENITY_COMPONENT_TARGETS}" STREQUAL "") # note: one component is /bin/false, which makes this tricky
+        foreach(target IN LISTS SERENITY_COMPONENT_TARGETS)
+            add_dependencies("Component${name}" "${target}")
+        endforeach()
+    endif()
+    if(BUILD_EVERYTHING OR "${BUILD_${NAME_UPPER}}" OR SERENITY_COMPONENT_REQUIRED)
+        add_dependencies(components "Component${name}")
+    endif()
+    foreach(dependency IN LISTS SERENITY_COMPONENT_DEPENDS)
+        add_dependencies("Component${name}" "Component${dependency}")
+    endforeach()
+endfunction()
+
+function(export_components_helper file_name current_dir)
+    get_property(sub_dirs DIRECTORY "${current_dir}" PROPERTY SUBDIRECTORIES)
+    foreach(sub_dir IN LISTS sub_dirs)
+        export_components_helper("${file_name}" "${sub_dir}")
+    endforeach()
+
+    get_property(targets DIRECTORY "${current_dir}" PROPERTY BUILDSYSTEM_TARGETS)
+    foreach(target IN LISTS targets)
+        get_target_property(type "${target}" TYPE)
+        if (type STREQUAL "INTERFACE_LIBRARY")
+            continue() # Custom properties are not allowed to be set on INTERFACE libaries
+        endif()
+        get_target_property(component_name "${target}" SERENITY_COMPONENT_NAME)
+        if(NOT "${component_name}" STREQUAL "")
+            get_target_property(component_name        "${target}" SERENITY_COMPONENT_NAME)
+            get_target_property(component_description "${target}" SERENITY_COMPONENT_DESCRIPTION)
+            get_target_property(component_recommended "${target}" SERENITY_COMPONENT_RECOMMENDED)
+            get_target_property(component_required    "${target}" SERENITY_COMPONENT_REQUIRED)
+            get_target_property(component_depends     "${target}" SERENITY_COMPONENT_DEPENDS)
+            file(APPEND "${file_name}" "[${component_name}]\n")
+            file(APPEND "${file_name}" "description=${component_description}\n")
+            if(component_recommended)
+                file(APPEND "${file_name}" "recommended=1\n")
+            else()
+                file(APPEND "${file_name}" "recommended=0\n")
+            endif()
+            if(component_required)
+                file(APPEND "${file_name}" "required=1\n")
+            else()
+                file(APPEND "${file_name}" "required=0\n")
+            endif()
+            string(TOUPPER "${component_name}" component_name_upper)
+            if("${BUILD_${component_name_upper}}")
+                file(APPEND "${file_name}" "user_selected=1\n")
+            else()
+                file(APPEND "${file_name}" "user_selected=0\n")
+            endif()
+
+            file(APPEND "${file_name}" "depends=${component_depends}\n")
+            file(APPEND "${file_name}" "\n")
+        endif()
+    endforeach()
+endfunction()
+
+function(export_components file_name)
+    file(WRITE "${file_name}" "[Global]\n")
+    if(BUILD_EVERYTHING)
+        file(APPEND "${file_name}" "build_everything=1\n")
+    else()
+        file(APPEND "${file_name}" "build_everything=0\n")
+    endif()
+    file(APPEND "${file_name}" "\n")
+    export_components_helper("${file_name}" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}")
+endfunction()
diff --git a/Meta/CMake/utils.cmake b/Meta/CMake/utils.cmake
index 9243304f71..e2a88b2375 100644
--- a/Meta/CMake/utils.cmake
+++ b/Meta/CMake/utils.cmake
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+
+include(${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/serenity_components.cmake)
+
 function(serenity_install_headers target_name)
     file(GLOB_RECURSE headers RELATIVE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} "*.h")
     foreach(header ${headers})
@@ -134,86 +137,6 @@ function(serenity_app target_name)
     endif()
 endfunction()
 
-define_property(TARGET PROPERTY SERENITY_COMPONENT_NAME BRIEF_DOCS "SerenityOS component name" FULL_DOCS "-")
-define_property(TARGET PROPERTY SERENITY_COMPONENT_DESCRIPTION BRIEF_DOCS "SerenityOS component description" FULL_DOCS "-")
-define_property(TARGET PROPERTY SERENITY_COMPONENT_RECOMMENDED BRIEF_DOCS "SerenityOS component recommended (flag)" FULL_DOCS "-")
-define_property(TARGET PROPERTY SERENITY_COMPONENT_REQUIRED BRIEF_DOCS "SerenityOS component required (flag)" FULL_DOCS "-")
-define_property(TARGET PROPERTY SERENITY_COMPONENT_DEPENDS BRIEF_DOCS "SerenityOS component dependencies" FULL_DOCS "-")
-
-function(serenity_component name)
-    cmake_parse_arguments(SERENITY_COMPONENT "RECOMMENDED;REQUIRED" "DESCRIPTION" "TARGETS;DEPENDS" ${ARGN})
-    string(TOUPPER "${name}" NAME_UPPER)
-    option("BUILD_${NAME_UPPER}" "Build ${name}" ${SERENITY_COMPONENT_RECOMMENDED})
-    add_custom_target("Component${name}")
-    set_property(TARGET "Component${name}" PROPERTY SERENITY_COMPONENT_NAME ${name})
-    set_property(TARGET "Component${name}" PROPERTY SERENITY_COMPONENT_DESCRIPTION ${SERENITY_COMPONENT_DESCRIPTION})
-    set_property(TARGET "Component${name}" PROPERTY SERENITY_COMPONENT_RECOMMENDED ${SERENITY_COMPONENT_RECOMMENDED})
-    set_property(TARGET "Component${name}" PROPERTY SERENITY_COMPONENT_REQUIRED ${SERENITY_COMPONENT_REQUIRED})
-    set_property(TARGET "Component${name}" PROPERTY SERENITY_COMPONENT_DEPENDS ${SERENITY_COMPONENT_DEPENDS})
-    if(NOT "${SERENITY_COMPONENT_TARGETS}" STREQUAL "")
-        foreach(target IN LISTS SERENITY_COMPONENT_TARGETS)
-          add_dependencies("Component${name}" "${target}")
-        endforeach()
-    endif()
-    if(BUILD_EVERYTHING OR BUILD_${NAME_UPPER} OR SERENITY_COMPONENT_REQUIRED)
-        add_dependencies(components "Component${name}")
-    endif()
-    foreach(dependency ${SERENITY_COMPONENT_DEPENDS})
-        add_dependencies("Component${name}" "Component${dependency}")
-    endforeach()
-endfunction()
-
-macro(export_components_helper file_name current_dir)
-    get_property(sub_dirs DIRECTORY ${current_dir} PROPERTY SUBDIRECTORIES)
-    foreach(sub_dir ${sub_dirs})
-        export_components_helper(${file_name} ${sub_dir})
-    endforeach()
-
-    get_property(targets DIRECTORY ${current_dir} PROPERTY BUILDSYSTEM_TARGETS)
-    foreach(target ${targets})
-        get_property(component_name TARGET ${target} PROPERTY SERENITY_COMPONENT_NAME)
-        if(NOT "${component_name}" STREQUAL "")
-            get_property(component_name TARGET ${target} PROPERTY SERENITY_COMPONENT_NAME)
-            get_property(component_description TARGET ${target} PROPERTY SERENITY_COMPONENT_DESCRIPTION)
-            get_property(component_recommended TARGET ${target} PROPERTY SERENITY_COMPONENT_RECOMMENDED)
-            get_property(component_required TARGET ${target} PROPERTY SERENITY_COMPONENT_REQUIRED)
-            get_property(component_depends TARGET ${target} PROPERTY SERENITY_COMPONENT_DEPENDS)
-            file(APPEND ${file_name} "[${component_name}]\n")
-            file(APPEND ${file_name} "description=${component_description}\n")
-            if(component_recommended)
-                file(APPEND ${file_name} "recommended=1\n")
-            else()
-                file(APPEND ${file_name} "recommended=0\n")
-            endif()
-            if(component_required)
-                file(APPEND ${file_name} "required=1\n")
-            else()
-                file(APPEND ${file_name} "required=0\n")
-            endif()
-            string(TOUPPER "${component_name}" component_name_upper)
-            if(BUILD_${component_name_upper})
-                file(APPEND ${file_name} "user_selected=1\n")
-            else()
-                file(APPEND ${file_name} "user_selected=0\n")
-            endif()
-
-            file(APPEND ${file_name} "depends=${component_depends}\n")
-            file(APPEND ${file_name} "\n")
-        endif()
-    endforeach()
-endmacro()
-
-function(export_components file_name)
-    file(WRITE ${file_name} "[Global]\n")
-    if(BUILD_EVERYTHING)
-        file(APPEND ${file_name} "build_everything=1\n")
-    else()
-        file(APPEND ${file_name} "build_everything=0\n")
-    endif()
-    file(APPEND ${file_name} "\n")
-    export_components_helper(${file_name} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR})
-endfunction()
-
 function(compile_gml source output string_name)
     set(source ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${source})
     add_custom_command(