diff --git a/cmake/generic.cmake b/cmake/generic.cmake
index ee13dcee2d1d175e577e89528ee3571c840185cd..052530608e6dd7bf86ae082500ad8c838dddaaea 100644
--- a/cmake/generic.cmake
+++ b/cmake/generic.cmake
@@ -144,10 +144,8 @@ function(nv_test TARGET_NAME)
     set(multiValueArgs SRCS DEPS)
     cmake_parse_arguments(nv_test "${options}" "${oneValueArgs}" "${multiValueArgs}" ${ARGN})
     cuda_add_executable(${TARGET_NAME} ${nv_test_SRCS})
-    if(nv_test_DEPS)
-      target_link_libraries(${TARGET_NAME} ${nv_test_DEPS} gtest gtest_main)
-      add_dependencies(${TARGET_NAME} ${nv_test_DEPS} gtest gtest_main)
-    endif()
+    target_link_libraries(${TARGET_NAME} ${nv_test_DEPS} gtest gtest_main)
+    add_dependencies(${TARGET_NAME} ${nv_test_DEPS} gtest gtest_main)
     add_test(${TARGET_NAME} ${TARGET_NAME})
   endif()
 endfunction(nv_test)