diff --git a/test/CMakeLists.txt b/test/CMakeLists.txt
index 3c32f4b21..e1bff179d 100644
--- a/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -302,7 +302,6 @@ find_package(CUDA)
 if(CUDA_FOUND)
   
   set(CUDA_PROPAGATE_HOST_FLAGS OFF)
-  set(CUDA_HOST_COMPILER ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER})
   cuda_include_directories(${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})
   set(EIGEN_ADD_TEST_FILENAME_EXTENSION  "cu")