diff --git a/libomptarget/plugins-nextgen/CMakeLists.txt b/libomptarget/plugins-nextgen/CMakeLists.txt
index 3cc2b85..3ca0236 100644
--- a/libomptarget/plugins-nextgen/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libomptarget/plugins-nextgen/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
       ${OPENMP_PTHREAD_LIB}
 
     NO_INSTALL_RPATH
+    BUILDTREE_ONLY
   )
 
   if(LIBOMPTARGET_DEP_LIBFFI_FOUND)
diff --git a/libomptarget/plugins-nextgen/amdgpu/CMakeLists.txt b/libomptarget/plugins-nextgen/amdgpu/CMakeLists.txt
index 68ce634..9e0ea08 100644
--- a/libomptarget/plugins-nextgen/amdgpu/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libomptarget/plugins-nextgen/amdgpu/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@
   ${LDFLAGS_UNDEFINED}
 
   NO_INSTALL_RPATH
+  BUILDTREE_ONLY
 )
 
 if ((OMPT_TARGET_DEFAULT) AND (LIBOMPTARGET_OMPT_SUPPORT))
diff --git a/libomptarget/plugins-nextgen/cuda/CMakeLists.txt b/libomptarget/plugins-nextgen/cuda/CMakeLists.txt
index 95b288c..2bfb471 100644
--- a/libomptarget/plugins-nextgen/cuda/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libomptarget/plugins-nextgen/cuda/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
   ${OPENMP_PTHREAD_LIB}
 
   NO_INSTALL_RPATH
+  BUILDTREE_ONLY
 )
 
 if ((OMPT_TARGET_DEFAULT) AND (LIBOMPTARGET_OMPT_SUPPORT))
diff --git a/libomptarget/src/CMakeLists.txt b/libomptarget/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 1a0e26f..9bc3f33 100644
--- a/libomptarget/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libomptarget/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
   omp
 
   NO_INSTALL_RPATH
+  BUILDTREE_ONLY
 )
 target_include_directories(omptarget PRIVATE ${LIBOMPTARGET_INCLUDE_DIR})