diff --git a/backend/cpp/llama/Makefile b/backend/cpp/llama/Makefile
index aa2ec5bf0274..833b35f12eb5 100644
--- a/backend/cpp/llama/Makefile
+++ b/backend/cpp/llama/Makefile
@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@ grpc-server: llama.cpp llama.cpp/examples/grpc-server
 	@echo "Building grpc-server with $(BUILD_TYPE) build type and $(CMAKE_ARGS)"
 ifneq (,$(findstring sycl,$(BUILD_TYPE)))
 	bash -c "source $(ONEAPI_VARS); \
-	cd llama.cpp && mkdir -p build && cd build && cmake .. $(CMAKE_ARGS) && cmake --build . --config Release $(TARGET)"
+	cd llama.cpp && mkdir -p build && cd build && cmake .. $(CMAKE_ARGS) && cmake --build . $(TARGET)"
 else
-	cd llama.cpp && mkdir -p build && cd build && cmake .. $(CMAKE_ARGS) && cmake --build . --config Release $(TARGET)
+	cd llama.cpp && mkdir -p build && cd build && cmake .. $(CMAKE_ARGS) && cmake --build . $(TARGET)
 endif
 	cp llama.cpp/build/bin/grpc-server .
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