diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index ed41b1ab42de526e408a6c895416c01c8a6453e2..a9c537532c49f9619b54136cca5e6e30848e73bc 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ else()
 	add_compile_definitions(BOOST_TEST_DYN_LINK)
 endif()
 add_compile_definitions(ARMA_DONT_USE_WRAPPER)
-add_compile_definitions(CBLAS_ONLY=1)
 
 #------------#
 # Build type #
diff --git a/DownloadOpenBLAS.cmake b/DownloadOpenBLAS.cmake
index 53e29b321522a6e262b39ea61df7c98cbf43317d..4f75c49bea459daf3e88015f7d8206f1f36fd556 100644
--- a/DownloadOpenBLAS.cmake
+++ b/DownloadOpenBLAS.cmake
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ endif()
 
 # Build library
 execute_process(
-    COMMAND cmake --build . -j ${N_CORES} --config Release
+    COMMAND cmake --build -DCBLAS_ONLY=1 . -j ${N_CORES} --config Release
     WORKING_DIRECTORY ${OPENBLAS_LOCAL_PATH}
     RESULT_VARIABLE rv
 )