diff --git a/cmake/Dependencies.cmake b/cmake/Dependencies.cmake
index 813380be944..7ab114132c3 100644
--- a/cmake/Dependencies.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Dependencies.cmake
@@ -1501,7 +1501,6 @@ if(NOT INTERN_BUILD_MOBILE)
   endif()
 
   list(APPEND CUDA_NVCC_FLAGS ${TORCH_NVCC_FLAGS})
-  list(APPEND CUDA_NVCC_FLAGS ${NVCC_FLAGS_EXTRA})
   if(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE AND NOT MSVC)
     list(APPEND CUDA_NVCC_FLAGS "-Xcompiler" "-fPIC")
   endif()
diff --git a/test/run_test.py b/test/run_test.py
index 7c3fd0fc98b..35a320d676e 100755
--- a/test/run_test.py
+++ b/test/run_test.py
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ def get_executable_command(options, allow_pytest):
 
 
 def run_test(test_module, test_directory, options, launcher_cmd=None, extra_unittest_args=None):
-    unittest_args = options.additional_unittest_args
+    unittest_args = options.additional_unittest_args.copy()
     if options.verbose:
         unittest_args.append('--verbose')
     if test_module in RUN_PARALLEL_BLOCKLIST: