diff --git a/src/dense/CUDAWrapper.cu b/src/dense/CUDAWrapper.cu
index a56f7124..286997c2 100644
--- a/src/dense/CUDAWrapper.cu
+++ b/src/dense/CUDAWrapper.cu
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
  *             Division).
  *
  */
+
+#define STRUMPACK_NO_TRIPLET_MPI
 #include "CUDAWrapper.hpp"
 
 namespace strumpack {