diff --git a/benchmarking/CMakeLists.txt b/benchmarking/CMakeLists.txt
index 39dcfdfd3..78ec3b0ad 100644
--- a/benchmarking/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/benchmarking/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16,25 +16,17 @@ function(add_benchmark)
     ${ARGN}
     )
   set(exe_name ${VTKm_AB_NAME})
-  if (TARGET vtkm::cuda)
-    get_filename_component(fname ${VTKm_AB_FILE} NAME_WE)
-    get_filename_component(fullpath ${VTKm_AB_FILE} ABSOLUTE)
-    file(GENERATE
-          OUTPUT ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${fname}.cu
-          CONTENT "#include \"${fullpath}\"")
-
-    add_executable(${exe_name} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${fname}.cu)
-    set_property(TARGET ${exe_name} PROPERTY CUDA_SEPARABLE_COMPILATION ON)
-  else()
-    add_executable(${exe_name} ${VTKm_AB_FILE})
-  endif()
 
+  add_executable(${exe_name} ${VTKm_AB_FILE})
   target_link_libraries(${exe_name} PRIVATE ${VTKm_AB_LIBS})
   set_target_properties(${exe_name} PROPERTIES
     RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${VTKm_EXECUTABLE_OUTPUT_PATH}
     )
 
-
+  if (TARGET vtkm::cuda)
+    set_source_files_properties(${VTKm_AB_FILE} PROPERTIES LANGUAGE "CUDA")
+    set_property(TARGET ${exe_name} PROPERTY CUDA_SEPARABLE_COMPILATION ON)
+  endif()
 endfunction()
 
 set(benchmarks