diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 515c7a09485cf5dc14bb29425f876f9b1e3590eb..1acd4cae16e1c53fba9393214f2082d3bcd87e0d 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -40,10 +40,6 @@ find_package(HIP)
 if(HIP_FOUND)
         set(DEFINE_HIP_GPU "#define HIP_GPU")
         set(DEFINE_CUDIFY_USE_HIP "#define CUDIFY_USE_HIP")
-else()
-        #if not HIP we set the MPI wrappers
-        set(CMAKE_C_COMPILER mpicc)
-        set(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER mpic++)
 endif()
 
 if(HIP_FOUND)