diff --git a/cmake/CMakeLists.txt b/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
index 4ff160f010834350c1294d51494e4a17f29fb5bd..58311928d9925a7cca986e3aadc4a0877d240ef2 100644
--- a/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -496,12 +496,13 @@ include(CheckLibraryExists)
 if (CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_LESS "3.4")
   enable_language(C) # check_library_exists isn't supported without a c compiler before v3.4
 endif()
-foreach(FUNC sin cos)
-  check_library_exists(${MATH_LIBRARIES} ${FUNC} "" FOUND_${FUNC}_${MATH_LIBRARIES})
-  if(NOT FOUND_${FUNC}_${MATH_LIBRARIES})
-    message(FATAL_ERROR "Could not find needed math function - ${FUNC}")
-  endif(NOT FOUND_${FUNC}_${MATH_LIBRARIES})
-endforeach(FUNC)
+# RB: disabled this check because it breaks with KOKKOS CUDA enabled
+#foreach(FUNC sin cos)
+#  check_library_exists(${MATH_LIBRARIES} ${FUNC} "" FOUND_${FUNC}_${MATH_LIBRARIES})
+#  if(NOT FOUND_${FUNC}_${MATH_LIBRARIES})
+#    message(FATAL_ERROR "Could not find needed math function - ${FUNC}")
+#  endif(NOT FOUND_${FUNC}_${MATH_LIBRARIES})
+#endforeach(FUNC)
 list(APPEND LAMMPS_LINK_LIBS ${MATH_LIBRARIES})
 
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