diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 942612defd48..bd7a58cb1f39 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ option(USE_OPENMP "Enable OpenMP" ON)
 option(USE_GPU "Enable GPU-accelerated training" OFF)
 option(USE_SWIG "Enable SWIG to generate Java API" OFF)
 option(USE_TIMETAG "Set to ON to output time costs" OFF)
-option(USE_CUDA "Enable CUDA-accelerated training " ON)
+option(USE_CUDA "Enable CUDA-accelerated training " OFF)
 option(USE_DEBUG "Set to ON for Debug mode" OFF)
 option(USE_SANITIZER "Use santizer flags" OFF)
 option(USE_HOMEBREW_FALLBACK "(macOS-only) also look in 'brew --prefix' for libraries (e.g. OpenMP)" ON)