diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 19cf7e68f..39e8a44bc 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -267,7 +267,6 @@ if(ENABLE_MULTITHREADING)
     find_package(OpenMP)
     if (OPENMP_FOUND)
       set(BLIS_ENABLE_OPENMP TRUE)
-      add_compile_options(-Xclang -fopenmp)
     else()
       message (FATAL_ERROR "Openmp Not Found")
     endif()