diff --git a/unified-runtime/source/adapters/cuda/CMakeLists.txt b/unified-runtime/source/adapters/cuda/CMakeLists.txt
index 6289024708929..7f9bc610ad2aa 100644
--- a/unified-runtime/source/adapters/cuda/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/unified-runtime/source/adapters/cuda/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -79,7 +79,9 @@ else()
   message(WARNING "CUDA adapter USM pools are disabled, set UMF_ENABLE_POOL_TRACKING to enable them")
 endif()
 
-if (UR_ENABLE_TRACING)
+# Only enable xpti tracing on Linux as tracing tools aren't available on
+# Windows yet.
+if (UR_ENABLE_TRACING AND UNIX)
   include(FindCUDACupti)
   # The following two ifs can be removed when FindCUDA -> FindCUDAToolkit.
   # CUDA_CUPTI_INCLUDE_DIR -> CUDAToolkit_CUPTI_INCLUDE_DIR
@@ -109,18 +111,12 @@ if (UR_ENABLE_TRACING)
   target_sources(${TARGET_NAME} PRIVATE ${XPTI_PROXY_SRC})
 endif()
 
-if (CUDA_cupti_LIBRARY)
-  # cupti is dynamically loaded so the adapter still works if it's not available
-  target_compile_definitions("ur_adapter_cuda" PRIVATE CUPTI_LIB_PATH="${CUDA_cupti_LIBRARY}")
-endif()
-
 target_link_libraries(${TARGET_NAME} PRIVATE
     ${PROJECT_NAME}::headers
     ${PROJECT_NAME}::common
     ${PROJECT_NAME}::umf
     Threads::Threads
     cudadrv
-    ${EXTRA_LIBS}
 )
 
 target_include_directories(${TARGET_NAME} PRIVATE
diff --git a/unified-runtime/source/adapters/cuda/tracing.cpp b/unified-runtime/source/adapters/cuda/tracing.cpp
index c3cb60d1bd8e6..fb8e7c83d32f1 100644
--- a/unified-runtime/source/adapters/cuda/tracing.cpp
+++ b/unified-runtime/source/adapters/cuda/tracing.cpp
@@ -143,12 +143,14 @@ bool cupti_table_t_::isInitialized() const {
 }
 
 bool loadCUDATracingLibrary(cuda_tracing_context_t_ *Ctx) {
-#if defined(XPTI_ENABLE_INSTRUMENTATION) && defined(CUPTI_LIB_PATH)
+#if defined(XPTI_ENABLE_INSTRUMENTATION) && !defined(_WIN32)
+  const char *CuptiLibName = "libcupti.so";
+
   if (!Ctx)
     return false;
   if (Ctx->Library)
     return true;
-  auto Lib{ur_loader::LibLoader::loadAdapterLibrary(CUPTI_LIB_PATH)};
+  auto Lib{ur_loader::LibLoader::loadAdapterLibrary(CuptiLibName)};
   if (!Lib)
     return false;
   cupti_table_t_ Table;
@@ -165,7 +167,7 @@ bool loadCUDATracingLibrary(cuda_tracing_context_t_ *Ctx) {
 #else
   (void)Ctx;
   return false;
-#endif // XPTI_ENABLE_INSTRUMENTATION && CUPTI_LIB_PATH
+#endif // defined(XPTI_ENABLE_INSTRUMENTATION) && !defined(_WIN32)
 }
 
 void unloadCUDATracingLibrary(cuda_tracing_context_t_ *Ctx) {