diff --git a/cmake/presets/kokkos-sycl-intel.cmake b/cmake/presets/kokkos-sycl-intel.cmake
index fe5999dae6..586df85177 100644
--- a/cmake/presets/kokkos-sycl-intel.cmake
+++ b/cmake/presets/kokkos-sycl-intel.cmake
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ set(MPI_CXX_COMPILER "mpicxx" CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17 CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
 
 # set(_intel_sycl_flags " -w -fsycl -flink-huge-device-code -fsycl-targets=spir64_gen "
-set(_intel_sycl_flags " -w -fsycl -fsycl-device-code-split=per_kernel -fsycl-targets=spir64_gen "
+set(_intel_sycl_flags " -w -fsycl -fsycl-device-code-split=per_kernel -fsycl-targets=spir64_gen ")
 set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} ${_intel_sycl_flags}" CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
 
 #set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "-fsycl -flink-huge-device-code -fsycl-targets=spir64_gen " CACHE STRING "" FORCE)