diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/raja/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/raja/package.py
index 6f2eb9624f8..f9ff3b4e00a 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/raja/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/raja/package.py
@@ -51,8 +51,6 @@ def cmake_args(self):
             if not spec.satisfies('cuda_arch=none'):
                 cuda_arch = spec.variants['cuda_arch'].value
                 options.append('-DCUDA_ARCH=sm_{0}'.format(cuda_arch[0]))
-                flag = '-arch sm_{0}'.format(cuda_arch[0])
-                options.append('-DCMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS:STRING={0}'.format(flag))
         else:
             options.append('-DENABLE_CUDA=OFF')