diff --git a/cmake/gtest.cmake b/cmake/gtest.cmake
index dc840e4e80..0915f53411 100644
--- a/cmake/gtest.cmake
+++ b/cmake/gtest.cmake
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ FetchContent_Declare(
     GTest
     GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/google/googletest.git
     GIT_TAG f8d7d77c06936315286eb55f8de22cd23c188571
-    SYSTEM
 )
 
 # Suppress ROCMChecks WARNING on GoogleTests