diff --git a/src/components/cuda/tests/Makefile b/src/components/cuda/tests/Makefile
index 1b4d4db2a..a2f337a98 100644
--- a/src/components/cuda/tests/Makefile
+++ b/src/components/cuda/tests/Makefile
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ TESTS_NOCTX = concurrent_profiling_noCuCtx pthreads_noCuCtx \
 NVCC = $(PAPI_CUDA_ROOT)/bin/nvcc
 
 PAPI_FLAG = -DPAPI    # Comment this line for tests to run without PAPI profiling
-NVCFLAGS += -g -ccbin='$(CC)' $(PAPI_FLAG)
+NVCFLAGS = -g -ccbin='$(CC)' $(PAPI_FLAG)
 CFLAGS += -g $(PAPI_FLAG)
 INCLUDE += -I$(PAPI_CUDA_ROOT)/include
 CUDALIBS = -L$(PAPI_CUDA_ROOT)/lib64 -lcudart -lcuda