diff --git a/cpp/cmake/thirdparty/get_raft.cmake b/cpp/cmake/thirdparty/get_raft.cmake
index 0c85e7f22..883607588 100644
--- a/cpp/cmake/thirdparty/get_raft.cmake
+++ b/cpp/cmake/thirdparty/get_raft.cmake
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ function(find_and_configure_raft)
             "BUILD_TESTS OFF"
             "BUILD_PRIMS_BENCH OFF"
             "BUILD_ANN_BENCH OFF"
-            "RAFT_NVTX   ${PKG_ENABLE_NVTX}"
             "RAFT_COMPILE_LIBRARY ${PKG_COMPILE_LIBRARY}"
             )
 endfunction()
@@ -59,5 +58,4 @@ find_and_configure_raft(VERSION  ${RAFT_VERSION}.00
         PINNED_TAG               ${RAFT_PINNED_TAG}
         COMPILE_LIBRARY          ON
         ENABLE_MNMG_DEPENDENCIES OFF
-        ENABLE_NVTX              OFF
 )