diff --git a/main/main.cpp b/main/main.cpp
index c7a644d7b31..89b56a814ef 100644
--- a/main/main.cpp
+++ b/main/main.cpp
@@ -1488,6 +1488,28 @@ Error Main::setup(const char *execpath, int argc, char *argv[], bool p_second_ph
 	GLOBAL_DEF("display/window/ios/hide_home_indicator", true);
 	GLOBAL_DEF("input_devices/pointing/ios/touch_delay", 0.150);
 
+	// XR project settings.
+	GLOBAL_DEF_BASIC("xr/openxr/enabled", false);
+	GLOBAL_DEF_BASIC("xr/openxr/default_action_map", "res://default_action_map.tres");
+	ProjectSettings::get_singleton()->set_custom_property_info("xr/openxr/default_action_map", PropertyInfo(Variant::STRING, "xr/openxr/default_action_map", PROPERTY_HINT_FILE, "*.tres"));
+
+	GLOBAL_DEF_BASIC("xr/openxr/form_factor", "0");
+	ProjectSettings::get_singleton()->set_custom_property_info("xr/openxr/form_factor", PropertyInfo(Variant::INT, "xr/openxr/form_factor", PROPERTY_HINT_ENUM, "Head mounted,Handheld"));
+
+	GLOBAL_DEF_BASIC("xr/openxr/view_configuration", "1");
+	ProjectSettings::get_singleton()->set_custom_property_info("xr/openxr/view_configuration", PropertyInfo(Variant::INT, "xr/openxr/view_configuration", PROPERTY_HINT_ENUM, "Mono,Stereo")); // "Mono,Stereo,Quad,Observer"
+
+	GLOBAL_DEF_BASIC("xr/openxr/reference_space", "1");
+	ProjectSettings::get_singleton()->set_custom_property_info("xr/openxr/reference_space", PropertyInfo(Variant::INT, "xr/openxr/reference_space", PROPERTY_HINT_ENUM, "Local,Stage"));
+
+#ifdef TOOLS_ENABLED
+	// Disabled for now, using XR inside of the editor we'll be working on during the coming months.
+
+	// editor settings (it seems we're too early in the process when setting up rendering, to access editor settings...)
+	// EDITOR_DEF_RST("xr/openxr/in_editor", false);
+	// GLOBAL_DEF("xr/openxr/in_editor", false);
+#endif
+
 	Engine::get_singleton()->set_frame_delay(frame_delay);
 
 	message_queue = memnew(MessageQueue);
diff --git a/modules/openxr/openxr_api.cpp b/modules/openxr/openxr_api.cpp
index bf668bac27b..f7ff6cc89d6 100644
--- a/modules/openxr/openxr_api.cpp
+++ b/modules/openxr/openxr_api.cpp
@@ -52,32 +52,6 @@
 
 OpenXRAPI *OpenXRAPI::singleton = nullptr;
 
-void OpenXRAPI::setup_global_defs() {
-	// As OpenXRAPI is not constructed if OpenXR is not enabled, we register our project and editor settings here
-
-	// Project settings
-	GLOBAL_DEF_BASIC("xr/openxr/enabled", false);
-	GLOBAL_DEF_BASIC("xr/openxr/default_action_map", "res://default_action_map.tres");
-	ProjectSettings::get_singleton()->set_custom_property_info("xr/openxr/default_action_map", PropertyInfo(Variant::STRING, "xr/openxr/default_action_map", PROPERTY_HINT_FILE, "*.tres"));
-
-	GLOBAL_DEF_BASIC("xr/openxr/form_factor", "0");
-	ProjectSettings::get_singleton()->set_custom_property_info("xr/openxr/form_factor", PropertyInfo(Variant::INT, "xr/openxr/form_factor", PROPERTY_HINT_ENUM, "Head mounted,Handheld"));
-
-	GLOBAL_DEF_BASIC("xr/openxr/view_configuration", "1");
-	ProjectSettings::get_singleton()->set_custom_property_info("xr/openxr/view_configuration", PropertyInfo(Variant::INT, "xr/openxr/view_configuration", PROPERTY_HINT_ENUM, "Mono,Stereo")); // "Mono,Stereo,Quad,Observer"
-
-	GLOBAL_DEF_BASIC("xr/openxr/reference_space", "1");
-	ProjectSettings::get_singleton()->set_custom_property_info("xr/openxr/reference_space", PropertyInfo(Variant::INT, "xr/openxr/reference_space", PROPERTY_HINT_ENUM, "Local,Stage"));
-
-#ifdef TOOLS_ENABLED
-	// Disabled for now, using XR inside of the editor we'll be working on during the coming months.
-
-	// editor settings (it seems we're too early in the process when setting up rendering, to access editor settings...)
-	// EDITOR_DEF_RST("xr/openxr/in_editor", false);
-	// GLOBAL_DEF("xr/openxr/in_editor", false);
-#endif
-}
-
 bool OpenXRAPI::openxr_is_enabled() {
 	// @TODO we need an overrule switch so we can force enable openxr, i.e run "godot --openxr_enabled"
 
diff --git a/modules/openxr/openxr_api.h b/modules/openxr/openxr_api.h
index 5d1cea12170..1a1508e9934 100644
--- a/modules/openxr/openxr_api.h
+++ b/modules/openxr/openxr_api.h
@@ -222,7 +222,6 @@ protected:
 	void parse_velocities(const XrSpaceVelocity &p_velocity, Vector3 &r_linear_velocity, Vector3 r_angular_velocity);
 
 public:
-	static void setup_global_defs();
 	static bool openxr_is_enabled();
 	static OpenXRAPI *get_singleton();
 
diff --git a/modules/openxr/register_types.cpp b/modules/openxr/register_types.cpp
index bb550980cf6..47ee1316e73 100644
--- a/modules/openxr/register_types.cpp
+++ b/modules/openxr/register_types.cpp
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ Ref<OpenXRInterface> openxr_interface;
 void preregister_openxr_types() {
 	// For now we create our openxr device here. If we merge it with openxr_interface we'll create that here soon.
 
-	OpenXRAPI::setup_global_defs();
 	if (OpenXRAPI::openxr_is_enabled()) {
 		openxr_api = memnew(OpenXRAPI);
 		ERR_FAIL_NULL(openxr_api);