diff --git a/barretenberg/cpp/cmake/tracy.cmake b/barretenberg/cpp/cmake/tracy.cmake
index 9c2eb354348..eb64aabefcb 100644
--- a/barretenberg/cpp/cmake/tracy.cmake
+++ b/barretenberg/cpp/cmake/tracy.cmake
@@ -11,6 +11,5 @@ set(CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT "-lpthread")
 FetchContent_Declare(tracy
     GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/wolfpld/tracy
     GIT_TAG ffb98a972401c246b2348fb5341252e2ba855d00
-    SYSTEM          # optional, the tracy include directory will be treated as system directory
 )
 FetchContent_MakeAvailable(tracy)