diff --git a/modules/gpu/FindNPP.cmake b/modules/gpu/FindNPP.cmake
index c3b62573b6..08798c0cc6 100644
--- a/modules/gpu/FindNPP.cmake
+++ b/modules/gpu/FindNPP.cmake
@@ -108,7 +108,6 @@ find_package_handle_standard_args( NPP
 	REQUIRED_VARS 
 		CUDA_NPP_INCLUDES 
 		CUDA_NPP_LIBRARIES 
-	VERSION_VAR 
 		NPP_VERSION)
 
 if(APPLE)