diff --git a/projects/rocshmem/CMakeLists.txt b/projects/rocshmem/CMakeLists.txt
index 5c95a25c2e..94da5ad777 100644
--- a/projects/rocshmem/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/projects/rocshmem/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -92,6 +92,43 @@ include(ROCMCheckTargetIds)
 
 rocm_setup_version(VERSION ${VERSION_STRING})
 
+#############################################################################
+# SET GPU ARCHITECTURES
+#############################################################################
+include(cmake/rocm_local_targets.cmake)
+
+set(DEFAULT_GPUS
+    gfx90a:xnack-;
+    gfx90a:xnack+;
+    gfx942:xnack-;
+    gfx942:xnack+;
+    gfx950:xnack-;
+    gfx950:xnack+)
+
+if (BUILD_LOCAL_GPU_TARGET_ONLY)
+  message(STATUS "Building only for local GPU target")
+  if (COMMAND rocm_local_targets)
+    rocm_local_targets(DEFAULT_GPUS)
+  else()
+    message(WARNING "Unable to determine local GPU targets. Falling back to default GPUs.")
+  endif()
+endif()
+
+set(DEFAULT_GPU_TARGETS "${DEFAULT_GPUS}" CACHE STRING
+    "Target default GPUs if GPU_TARGETS is not defined.")
+
+if (COMMAND rocm_check_target_ids)
+  message(STATUS "Checking for ROCm support for GPU targets: " "${DEFAULT_GPU_TARGETS}")
+  rocm_check_target_ids(SUPPORTED_GPUS TARGETS ${DEFAULT_GPU_TARGETS})
+else()
+  message(WARNING "Unable to check for supported GPU targets.")
+  set(SUPPORTED_GPUS ${DEFAULT_GPU_TARGETS})
+endif()
+
+set(GPU_TARGETS "${SUPPORTED_GPUS}" CACHE STRING "GPU architectures to compile for")
+
+message(STATUS "Compiling for ${GPU_TARGETS}")
+
 ###############################################################################
 # CREATE ROCSHMEM LIBRARY
 ###############################################################################
@@ -100,46 +137,6 @@ if (NOT BUILD_TESTS_ONLY)
   add_library(roc::${PROJECT_NAME} ALIAS ${PROJECT_NAME})
   add_subdirectory(src)
 
-  #############################################################################
-  # SET GPU ARCHITECTURES
-  #############################################################################
-  include(cmake/rocm_local_targets.cmake)
-
-  set(DEFAULT_GPUS
-      gfx90a:xnack-;
-      gfx90a:xnack+;
-      gfx942:xnack-;
-      gfx942:xnack+;
-      gfx950:xnack-;
-      gfx950:xnack+)
-
-  if (BUILD_LOCAL_GPU_TARGET_ONLY)
-    message(STATUS "Building only for local GPU target")
-    if (COMMAND rocm_local_targets)
-      rocm_local_targets(DEFAULT_GPUS)
-    else()
-      message(WARNING "Unable to determine local GPU targets. Falling back to default GPUs.")
-    endif()
-  endif()
-
-  set(GPU_TARGETS "${DEFAULT_GPUS}" CACHE STRING
-      "Target default GPUs if GPU_TARGETS is not defined.")
-
-  if (COMMAND rocm_check_target_ids)
-    message(STATUS "Checking for ROCm support for GPU targets: " "${GPU_TARGETS}")
-    rocm_check_target_ids(SUPPORTED_GPUS TARGETS ${GPU_TARGETS})
-  else()
-    message(WARNING "Unable to check for supported GPU targets.")
-    set(SUPPORTED_GPUS ${GPU_TARGETS})
-  endif()
-
-  set(COMPILING_TARGETS "${SUPPORTED_GPUS}" CACHE STRING "GPU targets to compile for.")
-  message(STATUS "Compiling for ${COMPILING_TARGETS}")
-
-  foreach (target ${COMPILING_TARGETS})
-    list(APPEND offload_flags --offload-arch=${target})
-  endforeach()
-
   #############################################################################
   # PACKAGE DEPENDENCIES
   #############################################################################