diff --git a/src/pystencils/backend/emission/base_printer.py b/src/pystencils/backend/emission/base_printer.py
index 6808d4731d816cf32bab28a173908261d19df479..cc4b50e217d68a4bba28c2c95705464a91182212 100644
--- a/src/pystencils/backend/emission/base_printer.py
+++ b/src/pystencils/backend/emission/base_printer.py
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ from ..extensions.foreign_ast import PsForeignExpression
 from ..memory import PsSymbol
 from ..constants import PsConstant
 from ...types import PsType
+from ...codegen import Target
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from ...codegen import Kernel
@@ -382,7 +383,7 @@ class BasePrinter(ABC):
         from ...codegen import GpuKernel
         
         sig_parts = [self._func_prefix] if self._func_prefix is not None else []
-        if isinstance(func, GpuKernel):
+        if isinstance(func, GpuKernel) and func.target == Target.CUDA:
             sig_parts.append("__global__")
         sig_parts += ["void", func.name, f"({params_str})"]
         signature = " ".join(sig_parts)