diff --git a/gcore/CMakeLists.txt b/gcore/CMakeLists.txt
index 325e34d1049a..3fb967e42220 100644
--- a/gcore/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/gcore/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -239,6 +239,7 @@ set(GDAL_DATA_FILES
     ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/data/tms_MapML_APSTILE.json
     ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/data/tms_MapML_CBMTILE.json
     ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/data/tms_NZTM2000.json
+    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/data/template_tiles.mapml
 )
 set_property(
   TARGET ${GDAL_LIB_TARGET_NAME}
diff --git a/swig/python/data/template_tiles.mapml b/gcore/data/template_tiles.mapml
similarity index 100%
rename from swig/python/data/template_tiles.mapml
rename to gcore/data/template_tiles.mapml
diff --git a/swig/python/CMakeLists.txt b/swig/python/CMakeLists.txt
index 1e37b57e674e..955968596f00 100644
--- a/swig/python/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/swig/python/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,15 +5,6 @@ if (CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS)
   string(REPLACE "/WX " " " CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} ")
 endif ()
 
-set(GDAL_DATA_FILES
-    LICENSE.TXT
-    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/data/template_tiles.mapml
-)
-set_property(
-  TARGET ${GDAL_LIB_TARGET_NAME}
-  APPEND
-  PROPERTY RESOURCE "${GDAL_DATA_FILES}")
-
 file(MAKE_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/osgeo/")
 set(GDAL_PYTHON_CSOURCE_DIR "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/extensions/")
 file(MAKE_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/extensions/")