diff --git a/include/VecCore/Common.h b/include/VecCore/Common.h
index a7e5163..893ec30 100644
--- a/include/VecCore/Common.h
+++ b/include/VecCore/Common.h
@@ -14,7 +14,10 @@
 #endif
 
 #include "CUDA.h"
-#include "SIMD.h"
+
+#ifndef VECCORE_CUDA
+#  include "SIMD.h"
+#endif
 
 #ifdef _MSC_VER
 #define __restrict__ __restrict
diff --git a/include/VecCore/VecCore b/include/VecCore/VecCore
index 03e17b3..097a9f1 100644
--- a/include/VecCore/VecCore
+++ b/include/VecCore/VecCore
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@
 
 #include "Backend/Scalar.h"
 #include "Backend/ScalarWrapper.h"
-#include "Backend/SIMD.h"
 
 #if !defined(VECCORE_CUDA)
+#include "Backend/SIMD.h"
 #include "Backend/SIMDSizes.h"
 #include "Backend/Vc.h"
 #include "Backend/UMESimd.h"