diff --git a/openmp/libomptarget/deviceRTLs/nvptx/CMakeLists.txt b/openmp/libomptarget/deviceRTLs/nvptx/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/openmp/libomptarget/deviceRTLs/nvptx/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/openmp/libomptarget/deviceRTLs/nvptx/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
   set(LIBOMPTARGET_NVPTX_DEBUG FALSE CACHE BOOL
     "Activate NVPTX device RTL debug messages.")
   if(${LIBOMPTARGET_NVPTX_DEBUG})
-    set(CUDA_DEBUG -DOMPTARGET_NVPTX_DEBUG=-1 -g --ptxas-options=-v)
+    set(CUDA_DEBUG -DOMPTARGET_NVPTX_DEBUG=-1 -g )
   endif()
 
   # NVPTX runtime library has to be statically linked. Dynamic linking is not