diff --git a/scripts/MPI/gromacs/build b/scripts/MPI/gromacs/build
index 727c2a0..2b7a67c 100755
--- a/scripts/MPI/gromacs/build
+++ b/scripts/MPI/gromacs/build
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ function em.configure() {
 		-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="${PREFIX}" \
 		-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RELEASE \
 		-DGMX_MPI=on \
+		-DGMX_GPU=off \
 		-DGMX_BUILD_OWN_FFTW=on \
 		"${MODULE_SRCDIR}" \
 		|| exit 1