diff --git a/config/buildSettings.mk b/config/buildSettings.mk
index 6876b77be299e077c78f3b5ed272606b22ab3322..a090a61dd58fe8d1de688f76d7fb441b77d939b5 100644
--- a/config/buildSettings.mk
+++ b/config/buildSettings.mk
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ endif
 # CUDA projects. nvcc must be on the $PATH, or $NVCC must be set.
 #
 #####################################################################
-NVCC ?= $(shell which nvcc)
+NVCC ?= $(shell which nvcc 2> /dev/null)
 ifneq (${NVCC}, )
 
   # NVCC, GENCODEFLAGS, NVCCFLAGS, NVCCLDFLAGS,