diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index cb97d87913955..befc4433cd0f8 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -50,9 +50,6 @@ endif()
 # option list
 #
 
-# general
-option(LLAMA_CCACHE "llama: use ccache if available" ON)
-
 # debug
 option(LLAMA_ALL_WARNINGS           "llama: enable all compiler warnings"                   ON)
 option(LLAMA_ALL_WARNINGS_3RD_PARTY "llama: enable all compiler warnings in 3rd party libs" OFF)
@@ -77,7 +74,6 @@ option(LLAMA_CURL "llama: use libcurl to download model from an URL" OFF)
 include(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/build-info.cmake)
 
 # override ggml options
-set(GGML_CCACHE             ${LLAMA_CCACHE})
 set(GGML_SANITIZE_THREAD    ${LLAMA_SANITIZE_THREAD})
 set(GGML_SANITIZE_ADDRESS   ${LLAMA_SANITIZE_ADDRESS})
 set(GGML_SANITIZE_UNDEFINED ${LLAMA_SANITIZE_UNDEFINED})
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index bb6e2f968cf0f..be7fb94013beb 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -245,17 +245,22 @@ MK_CFLAGS    = -std=c11   -fPIC
 MK_CXXFLAGS  = -std=c++11 -fPIC
 MK_NVCCFLAGS = -std=c++11
 
-ifndef LLAMA_NO_CCACHE
+ifdef LLAMA_NO_CCACHE
+GGML_NO_CCACHE := 1
+DEPRECATE_WARNING := 1
+endif
+
+ifndef GGML_NO_CCACHE
 CCACHE := $(shell which ccache)
 ifdef CCACHE
 export CCACHE_SLOPPINESS = time_macros
-$(info I ccache found, compilation results will be cached. Disable with LLAMA_NO_CCACHE.)
+$(info I ccache found, compilation results will be cached. Disable with GGML_NO_CCACHE.)
 CC    := $(CCACHE) $(CC)
 CXX   := $(CCACHE) $(CXX)
 else
 $(info I ccache not found. Consider installing it for faster compilation.)
 endif # CCACHE
-endif # LLAMA_NO_CCACHE
+endif # GGML_NO_CCACHE
 
 # clock_gettime came in POSIX.1b (1993)
 # CLOCK_MONOTONIC came in POSIX.1-2001 / SUSv3 as optional
@@ -926,6 +931,7 @@ $(info   - LLAMA_NO_LLAMAFILE)
 $(info   - LLAMA_NO_ACCELERATE)
 $(info   - LLAMA_NO_OPENMP)
 $(info   - LLAMA_NO_METAL)
+$(info   - LLAMA_NO_CCACHE)
 $(info )
 endif