diff --git a/projects/rccl/CMakeLists.txt b/projects/rccl/CMakeLists.txt
index d7a26b301d..b46b27ec83 100644
--- a/projects/rccl/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/projects/rccl/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ option(ENABLE_AMDSMI                           "Enable AMD/ROCm SMI support"
 
 if(NOT ENABLE_AMDSMI)
   message(STATUS "SMI Support: DISABLED via ENABLE_AMDSMI=OFF")
-  add_definitions("-DSMI_DISABLED")
+  add_compile_definitions(SMI_DISABLED)
   unset(USE_AMDSMI CACHE)
 else()
   message(STATUS "SMI Support: ENABLED")
@@ -1201,9 +1201,6 @@ if (BUILD_BFD)
     target_compile_definitions(rccl PRIVATE HAVE_TWO_ARG_BFD_SECTION_SIZE)
   endif()
 endif()
-if (NOT ENABLE_AMDSMI)
-  target_compile_definitions(rccl PRIVATE SMI_DISABLED)
-endif()
 if (IFC_ENABLED)
   target_compile_definitions(rccl PRIVATE USE_INDIRECT_FUNCTION_CALL)
 endif()