diff --git a/cmake/module/GenerateHeaders.cmake b/cmake/module/GenerateHeaders.cmake
deleted file mode 100644
index c69007acb6849..0000000000000
--- a/cmake/module/GenerateHeaders.cmake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright (c) 2023-present The Bitcoin Core developers
-# Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
-# file COPYING or https://opensource.org/license/mit/.
-
-function(generate_header_from_json json_source_relpath)
-  add_custom_command(
-    OUTPUT ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${json_source_relpath}.h
-    COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -DJSON_SOURCE_PATH=${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${json_source_relpath} -DHEADER_PATH=${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${json_source_relpath}.h -P ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/script/GenerateHeaderFromJson.cmake
-    DEPENDS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${json_source_relpath} ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/script/GenerateHeaderFromJson.cmake
-    VERBATIM
-  )
-endfunction()
-
-function(generate_header_from_raw raw_source_relpath raw_namespace)
-  add_custom_command(
-    OUTPUT ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${raw_source_relpath}.h
-    COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -DRAW_SOURCE_PATH=${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${raw_source_relpath} -DHEADER_PATH=${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${raw_source_relpath}.h -DRAW_NAMESPACE=${raw_namespace} -P ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/script/GenerateHeaderFromRaw.cmake
-    DEPENDS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${raw_source_relpath} ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/script/GenerateHeaderFromRaw.cmake
-    VERBATIM
-  )
-endfunction()
diff --git a/cmake/module/TargetDataSources.cmake b/cmake/module/TargetDataSources.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..e10abe9e51f4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/module/TargetDataSources.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2023-present The Bitcoin Core developers
+# Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
+# file COPYING or https://opensource.org/license/mit/.
+
+function(target_data_sources target)
+  set(options "")
+  set(one_value_args RAW_NAMESPACE)
+  set(multi_value_keywords JSON_FILES RAW_FILES)
+  cmake_parse_arguments(
+    PARSE_ARGV 1
+    ARG
+    "${options}" "${one_value_args}" "${multi_value_keywords}"
+  )
+
+  foreach(json_file IN LISTS ARG_JSON_FILES)
+    add_custom_command(
+      OUTPUT ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${json_file}.h
+      COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -DJSON_SOURCE_PATH=${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${json_file} -DHEADER_PATH=${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${json_file}.h -P ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/script/GenerateHeaderFromJson.cmake
+      DEPENDS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${json_file} ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/script/GenerateHeaderFromJson.cmake
+      MAIN_DEPENDENCY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${json_file}
+      VERBATIM
+    )
+    target_sources(${target} PRIVATE ${json_file})
+  endforeach()
+
+  foreach(raw_file IN LISTS ARG_RAW_FILES)
+    add_custom_command(
+      OUTPUT ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${raw_file}.h
+      COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -DRAW_SOURCE_PATH=${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${raw_file} -DHEADER_PATH=${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${raw_file}.h -DRAW_NAMESPACE=${ARG_RAW_NAMESPACE} -P ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/script/GenerateHeaderFromRaw.cmake
+      DEPENDS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${raw_file} ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/script/GenerateHeaderFromRaw.cmake
+      MAIN_DEPENDENCY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${raw_file}
+      VERBATIM
+    )
+    target_sources(${target} PRIVATE ${raw_file})
+  endforeach()
+endfunction()
diff --git a/src/bench/CMakeLists.txt b/src/bench/CMakeLists.txt
index 4589ef177c331..b148303f6a134 100644
--- a/src/bench/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/bench/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,14 +2,10 @@
 # Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
 # file COPYING or https://opensource.org/license/mit/.
 
-include(GenerateHeaders)
-generate_header_from_raw(data/block413567.raw benchmark::data)
-
 add_executable(bench_bitcoin
   bench_bitcoin.cpp
   bench.cpp
   nanobench.cpp
-  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/data/block413567.raw.h
 # Benchmarks:
   addrman.cpp
   base58.cpp
@@ -56,6 +52,13 @@ add_executable(bench_bitcoin
   xor.cpp
 )
 
+include(TargetDataSources)
+target_data_sources(bench_bitcoin
+  RAW_FILES
+    data/block413567.raw
+  RAW_NAMESPACE benchmark::data
+)
+
 target_link_libraries(bench_bitcoin
   core_interface
   test_util
diff --git a/src/test/CMakeLists.txt b/src/test/CMakeLists.txt
index 859b913206782..0589ab6c2109f 100644
--- a/src/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,32 +2,10 @@
 # Distributed under the MIT software license, see the accompanying
 # file COPYING or https://opensource.org/license/mit/.
 
-include(GenerateHeaders)
-generate_header_from_json(data/base58_encode_decode.json)
-generate_header_from_json(data/bip341_wallet_vectors.json)
-generate_header_from_json(data/blockfilters.json)
-generate_header_from_json(data/key_io_invalid.json)
-generate_header_from_json(data/key_io_valid.json)
-generate_header_from_json(data/script_tests.json)
-generate_header_from_json(data/sighash.json)
-generate_header_from_json(data/tx_invalid.json)
-generate_header_from_json(data/tx_valid.json)
-generate_header_from_raw(data/asmap.raw test::data)
-
 # Do not use generator expressions in test sources because the
 # SOURCES property is processed to gather test suite macros.
 add_executable(test_bitcoin
   main.cpp
-  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/data/asmap.raw.h
-  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/data/base58_encode_decode.json.h
-  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/data/bip341_wallet_vectors.json.h
-  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/data/blockfilters.json.h
-  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/data/key_io_invalid.json.h
-  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/data/key_io_valid.json.h
-  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/data/script_tests.json.h
-  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/data/sighash.json.h
-  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/data/tx_invalid.json.h
-  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/data/tx_valid.json.h
   addrman_tests.cpp
   allocator_tests.cpp
   amount_tests.cpp
@@ -145,6 +123,23 @@ add_executable(test_bitcoin
   versionbits_tests.cpp
 )
 
+include(TargetDataSources)
+target_data_sources(test_bitcoin
+  JSON_FILES
+    data/base58_encode_decode.json
+    data/bip341_wallet_vectors.json
+    data/blockfilters.json
+    data/key_io_invalid.json
+    data/key_io_valid.json
+    data/script_tests.json
+    data/sighash.json
+    data/tx_invalid.json
+    data/tx_valid.json
+  RAW_FILES
+    data/asmap.raw
+  RAW_NAMESPACE test::data
+)
+
 target_link_libraries(test_bitcoin
   core_interface
   test_util
diff --git a/src/univalue/CMakeLists.txt b/src/univalue/CMakeLists.txt
index c31e82cadcc17..53e45f6ef47aa 100644
--- a/src/univalue/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/univalue/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -15,120 +15,68 @@ target_include_directories(univalue
 target_link_libraries(univalue PRIVATE core_interface)
 
 if(BUILD_TESTS)
-  include(GenerateHeaders)
-  generate_header_from_json(test/fail1.json)
-  generate_header_from_json(test/fail10.json)
-  generate_header_from_json(test/fail11.json)
-  generate_header_from_json(test/fail12.json)
-  generate_header_from_json(test/fail13.json)
-  generate_header_from_json(test/fail14.json)
-  generate_header_from_json(test/fail15.json)
-  generate_header_from_json(test/fail16.json)
-  generate_header_from_json(test/fail17.json)
-  generate_header_from_json(test/fail18.json)
-  generate_header_from_json(test/fail19.json)
-  generate_header_from_json(test/fail2.json)
-  generate_header_from_json(test/fail20.json)
-  generate_header_from_json(test/fail21.json)
-  generate_header_from_json(test/fail22.json)
-  generate_header_from_json(test/fail23.json)
-  generate_header_from_json(test/fail24.json)
-  generate_header_from_json(test/fail25.json)
-  generate_header_from_json(test/fail26.json)
-  generate_header_from_json(test/fail27.json)
-  generate_header_from_json(test/fail28.json)
-  generate_header_from_json(test/fail29.json)
-  generate_header_from_json(test/fail3.json)
-  generate_header_from_json(test/fail30.json)
-  generate_header_from_json(test/fail31.json)
-  generate_header_from_json(test/fail32.json)
-  generate_header_from_json(test/fail33.json)
-  generate_header_from_json(test/fail34.json)
-  generate_header_from_json(test/fail35.json)
-  generate_header_from_json(test/fail36.json)
-  generate_header_from_json(test/fail37.json)
-  generate_header_from_json(test/fail38.json)
-  generate_header_from_json(test/fail39.json)
-  generate_header_from_json(test/fail4.json)
-  generate_header_from_json(test/fail40.json)
-  generate_header_from_json(test/fail41.json)
-  generate_header_from_json(test/fail42.json)
-  generate_header_from_json(test/fail44.json)
-  generate_header_from_json(test/fail45.json)
-  generate_header_from_json(test/fail5.json)
-  generate_header_from_json(test/fail6.json)
-  generate_header_from_json(test/fail7.json)
-  generate_header_from_json(test/fail8.json)
-  generate_header_from_json(test/fail9.json)
-  generate_header_from_json(test/pass1.json)
-  generate_header_from_json(test/pass2.json)
-  generate_header_from_json(test/pass3.json)
-  generate_header_from_json(test/pass4.json)
-  generate_header_from_json(test/round1.json)
-  generate_header_from_json(test/round2.json)
-  generate_header_from_json(test/round3.json)
-  generate_header_from_json(test/round4.json)
-  generate_header_from_json(test/round5.json)
-  generate_header_from_json(test/round6.json)
-  generate_header_from_json(test/round7.json)
   add_executable(unitester
-    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/test/fail1.json.h
-    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/test/fail10.json.h
-    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/test/fail11.json.h
-    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/test/fail12.json.h
-    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/test/fail13.json.h
-    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/test/fail14.json.h
-    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/test/fail15.json.h
-    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/test/fail16.json.h
-    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/test/fail17.json.h
-    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/test/fail18.json.h
-    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/test/fail19.json.h
-    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/test/fail2.json.h
-    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/test/fail20.json.h
-    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/test/fail21.json.h
-    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/test/fail22.json.h
-    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/test/fail23.json.h
-    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/test/fail24.json.h
-    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/test/fail25.json.h
-    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/test/fail26.json.h
-    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/test/fail27.json.h
-    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/test/fail28.json.h
-    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/test/fail29.json.h
-    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/test/fail3.json.h
-    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/test/fail30.json.h
-    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/test/fail31.json.h
-    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/test/fail32.json.h
-    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/test/fail33.json.h
-    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/test/fail34.json.h
-    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/test/fail35.json.h
-    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/test/fail36.json.h
-    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/test/fail37.json.h
-    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/test/fail38.json.h
-    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/test/fail39.json.h
-    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/test/fail4.json.h
-    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/test/fail40.json.h
-    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/test/fail41.json.h
-    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/test/fail42.json.h
-    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/test/fail44.json.h
-    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/test/fail45.json.h
-    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/test/fail5.json.h
-    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/test/fail6.json.h
-    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/test/fail7.json.h
-    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/test/fail8.json.h
-    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/test/fail9.json.h
-    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/test/pass1.json.h
-    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/test/pass2.json.h
-    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/test/pass3.json.h
-    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/test/pass4.json.h
-    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/test/round1.json.h
-    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/test/round2.json.h
-    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/test/round3.json.h
-    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/test/round4.json.h
-    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/test/round5.json.h
-    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/test/round6.json.h
-    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/test/round7.json.h
     test/unitester.cpp
   )
+  include(TargetDataSources)
+  target_data_sources(unitester
+    JSON_FILES
+      test/fail1.json
+      test/fail10.json
+      test/fail11.json
+      test/fail12.json
+      test/fail13.json
+      test/fail14.json
+      test/fail15.json
+      test/fail16.json
+      test/fail17.json
+      test/fail18.json
+      test/fail19.json
+      test/fail2.json
+      test/fail20.json
+      test/fail21.json
+      test/fail22.json
+      test/fail23.json
+      test/fail24.json
+      test/fail25.json
+      test/fail26.json
+      test/fail27.json
+      test/fail28.json
+      test/fail29.json
+      test/fail3.json
+      test/fail30.json
+      test/fail31.json
+      test/fail32.json
+      test/fail33.json
+      test/fail34.json
+      test/fail35.json
+      test/fail36.json
+      test/fail37.json
+      test/fail38.json
+      test/fail39.json
+      test/fail4.json
+      test/fail40.json
+      test/fail41.json
+      test/fail42.json
+      test/fail44.json
+      test/fail45.json
+      test/fail5.json
+      test/fail6.json
+      test/fail7.json
+      test/fail8.json
+      test/fail9.json
+      test/pass1.json
+      test/pass2.json
+      test/pass3.json
+      test/pass4.json
+      test/round1.json
+      test/round2.json
+      test/round3.json
+      test/round4.json
+      test/round5.json
+      test/round6.json
+      test/round7.json
+  )
   target_link_libraries(unitester
     PRIVATE
       core_interface