diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index dc6939206d80e4ff17957560fa67ab4fb92c5e3d..86174cb2f56757388d79a78c05d4e9d943113364 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1078,8 +1078,7 @@ if ( WALBERLA_BUILD_WITH_CUDA )
         endif()
 
         enable_language(CUDA)
-        try_compile( WALBERLA_CUDA_HOSTCXX_WORKS "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/TestCUDACompatibility.cu"
-              COMPILE_DEFINITIONS -Werror )
+        try_compile( WALBERLA_CUDA_HOSTCXX_WORKS "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/TestCUDACompatibility.cu")
         if(NOT WALBERLA_CUDA_HOSTCXX_WORKS)
            message(FATAL_ERROR "This combination of CUDA compiler and host compiler does not work!")
         endif()