diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 570e499f05..5da9c2a695 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -553,7 +553,7 @@ OCV_OPTION(OPENCV_ENABLE_MEMALIGN     "Enable posix_memalign or memalign usage"
 OCV_OPTION(OPENCV_DISABLE_FILESYSTEM_SUPPORT "Disable filesystem support" OFF)
 OCV_OPTION(OPENCV_DISABLE_THREAD_SUPPORT "Build the library without multi-threaded code." OFF)
 OCV_OPTION(OPENCV_SEMIHOSTING         "Build the library for semihosting target (Arm). See https://developer.arm.com/documentation/100863/latest." OFF)
-OCV_OPTION(ENABLE_CUDA_FIRST_CLASS_LANGUAGE "Enable CUDA as a first class language, if enabled dependant projects will need to use CMake >= 3.18" (WITH_CUDA AND NOT CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_LESS 3.18)
+OCV_OPTION(ENABLE_CUDA_FIRST_CLASS_LANGUAGE "Enable CUDA as a first class language, if enabled dependant projects will need to use CMake >= 3.18" OFF
   VISIBLE_IF (WITH_CUDA AND NOT CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_LESS 3.18)
   VERIFY HAVE_CUDA)