diff --git a/libomptarget/plugins/cuda/CMakeLists.txt b/libomptarget/plugins/cuda/CMakeLists.txt
index 5fab421..06c3dd9 100644
--- a/libomptarget/plugins/cuda/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libomptarget/plugins/cuda/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -28,10 +28,6 @@
 # Define the suffix for the runtime messaging dumps.
 add_definitions(-DTARGET_NAME=CUDA)
 
-if(LIBOMPTARGET_CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE MATCHES debug)
-    add_definitions(-DCUDA_ERROR_REPORT)
-endif()
-
 include_directories(${LIBOMPTARGET_DEP_CUDA_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 include_directories(${LIBOMPTARGET_DEP_LIBELF_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 
diff --git a/libomptarget/plugins/cuda/src/rtl.cpp b/libomptarget/plugins/cuda/src/rtl.cpp
index 04a3ddc..4a72644 100644
--- a/libomptarget/plugins/cuda/src/rtl.cpp
+++ b/libomptarget/plugins/cuda/src/rtl.cpp
@@ -34,25 +34,23 @@
       DEBUGP("Target " GETNAME(TARGET_NAME) " RTL", __VA_ARGS__); \
     } \
   } while (false)
+
+// Utility for retrieving and printing CUDA error string.
+#define CUDA_ERR_STRING(err) \
+  do { \
+    if (DebugLevel > 0) { \
+      const char *errStr; \
+      cuGetErrorString(err, &errStr); \
+      DEBUGP("Target " GETNAME(TARGET_NAME) " RTL", "CUDA error is: %s\n", errStr); \
+    } \
+  } while (false)
 #else // OMPTARGET_DEBUG
 #define DP(...) {}
+#define CUDA_ERR_STRING(err) {}
 #endif // OMPTARGET_DEBUG
 
 #include "../../common/elf_common.c"
 
-// Utility for retrieving and printing CUDA error string.
-#ifdef CUDA_ERROR_REPORT
-#define CUDA_ERR_STRING(err)                                                   \
-  do {                                                                         \
-    const char *errStr;                                                        \
-    cuGetErrorString(err, &errStr);                                            \
-    DP("CUDA error is: %s\n", errStr);                                         \
-  } while (0)
-#else
-#define CUDA_ERR_STRING(err)                                                   \
-  {}
-#endif
-
 /// Keep entries table per device.
 struct FuncOrGblEntryTy {
   __tgt_target_table Table;