diff --git a/legacy/builder/gcc_preproc_runner.go b/legacy/builder/gcc_preproc_runner.go
index 4f425737552..e831108561e 100644
--- a/legacy/builder/gcc_preproc_runner.go
+++ b/legacy/builder/gcc_preproc_runner.go
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ func GCCPreprocRunnerForDiscoveringIncludes(ctx *types.Context, sourceFilePath *
 
 func prepareGCCPreprocRecipeProperties(ctx *types.Context, sourceFilePath *paths.Path, targetFilePath *paths.Path, includes paths.PathList) (*exec.Cmd, error) {
 	properties := ctx.BuildProperties.Clone()
+	properties.Set("build.library_discovery_phase", "1")
 	properties.SetPath(constants.BUILD_PROPERTIES_SOURCE_FILE, sourceFilePath)
 	properties.SetPath(constants.BUILD_PROPERTIES_PREPROCESSED_FILE_PATH, targetFilePath)
 
@@ -77,8 +78,6 @@ func prepareGCCPreprocRecipeProperties(ctx *types.Context, sourceFilePath *paths
 	// to create a /dev/null.d dependency file, which won't work.
 	cmd.Args = utils.Filter(cmd.Args, func(a string) bool { return a != "-MMD" })
 
-	cmd.Args = append(cmd.Args, "-DARDUINO_LIB_DISCOVERY_PHASE")
-
 	return cmd, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/legacy/builder/setup_build_properties.go b/legacy/builder/setup_build_properties.go
index b8ebd9b5e83..1579180ceba 100644
--- a/legacy/builder/setup_build_properties.go
+++ b/legacy/builder/setup_build_properties.go
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ func (s *SetupBuildProperties) Run(ctx *types.Context) error {
 	buildProperties.Set("build.fqbn", ctx.FQBN.String())
 	buildProperties.Set("ide_version", ctx.ArduinoAPIVersion)
 	buildProperties.Set("runtime.os", properties.GetOSSuffix())
+	buildProperties.Set("build.library_discovery_phase", "0")
 
 	if ctx.OptimizeForDebug {
 		if buildProperties.ContainsKey("compiler.optimization_flags.debug") {