diff --git a/projects/rocr-runtime/runtime/hsa-runtime/hsa-backward-compat.cmake b/projects/rocr-runtime/runtime/hsa-runtime/hsa-backward-compat.cmake
index 0f6e34cc61..10fc5d3b95 100644
--- a/projects/rocr-runtime/runtime/hsa-runtime/hsa-backward-compat.cmake
+++ b/projects/rocr-runtime/runtime/hsa-runtime/hsa-backward-compat.cmake
@@ -48,11 +48,7 @@ function(create_header_template)
 #ifndef @include_guard@
 #define @include_guard@
 
-#if defined(_MSC_VER)
-#pragma message(\"@file_name@ has moved to @CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@/@CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR@/hsa and package include paths have changed.\\nInclude as \\\"hsa/@file_name@\\\" when using cmake packages.\")
-#elif defined(__GNUC__)
-#warning \"@file_name@ has moved to @CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@/@CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR@/hsa and package include paths have changed.\\nInclude as \\\"hsa/@file_name@\\\" when using cmake packages.\"
-#endif
+#error \"@file_name@ has moved to @CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@/@CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR@/hsa and package include paths have changed.\\nInclude as \\\"hsa/@file_name@\\\" when using cmake packages.\"
 @include_statements@
 
 #endif")