diff --git a/test/c/CMakeLists.txt b/test/c/CMakeLists.txt
index 52225a76b869543a0b0fe81d8c3f49636b6b9554..95ca08b080815ea7f9365139e71dce91b889f9f4 100644
--- a/test/c/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/c/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ FetchContent_Declare(
   googletest
   URL https://github.com/google/googletest/archive/refs/tags/release-1.12.1.zip
 )
-set(gtest_force_shared_crt ON CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
+# set(gtest_force_shared_crt ON CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
 FetchContent_MakeAvailable(googletest)
 
 # Find Kokkos (or use your existing Kokkos installation)