diff --git a/examples/convert-llama2c-to-ggml/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/convert-llama2c-to-ggml/CMakeLists.txt
index 2162da4fd..d921af9a4 100644
--- a/examples/convert-llama2c-to-ggml/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/convert-llama2c-to-ggml/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
-set(TARGET llama-convert-llama2c-to-ggml)
-add_executable(${TARGET} convert-llama2c-to-ggml.cpp)
-install(TARGETS ${TARGET} RUNTIME)
-target_link_libraries(${TARGET} PRIVATE llama-common llama ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT})
-target_compile_features(${TARGET} PRIVATE cxx_std_17)
+if (GGML_CPU)
+    set(TARGET llama-convert-llama2c-to-ggml)
+    add_executable(${TARGET} convert-llama2c-to-ggml.cpp)
+    install(TARGETS ${TARGET} RUNTIME)
+    target_link_libraries(${TARGET} PRIVATE llama-common llama ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT})
+    target_compile_features(${TARGET} PRIVATE cxx_std_17)
+endif()
diff --git a/pocs/CMakeLists.txt b/pocs/CMakeLists.txt
index d49d14dee..93c76d609 100644
--- a/pocs/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/pocs/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ include_directories(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR})
 
 if (EMSCRIPTEN)
 else()
-    if (NOT GGML_BACKEND_DL)
+    if (NOT GGML_BACKEND_DL AND GGML_CPU)
         add_subdirectory(vdot)
     endif()
 endif()
diff --git a/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index a398344c8..9b3a4fcc4 100644
--- a/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ if (APPLE)
     llama_build(test-rset-release.cpp)
 endif()
 
-if (NOT GGML_BACKEND_DL)
+if (NOT GGML_BACKEND_DL AND GGML_CPU)
     # these tests use the backends directly and cannot be built with dynamic loading
     llama_build_and_test(test-barrier.cpp)
     llama_build_and_test(test-quantize-fns.cpp)