diff --git a/cmake/CMakeLists.txt b/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
index 6f5db8cc40..35822e2107 100644
--- a/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1402,7 +1402,6 @@ if (onnxruntime_USE_CUDA)
     list(APPEND ONNXRUNTIME_CUDA_LIBRARIES cublas cudnn curand cufft)
   endif()
 
-  list(APPEND onnxruntime_EXTERNAL_LIBRARIES ${ONNXRUNTIME_CUDA_LIBRARIES})
   if(NOT CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES)
     if(CMAKE_LIBRARY_ARCHITECTURE STREQUAL "aarch64-linux-gnu")
       # Support for Jetson/Tegra ARM devices