diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 124564b4d..c5de38d73 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ IF(WITH_VALGRIND)
 ENDIF()
 
 IF(WITH_OPENMP)
-    INCLUDE(WHERE_IS_OpenMP)
+    INCLUDE(HandleOpenMPFlags)
 ENDIF()    
 
 ##################################################
diff --git a/config/WHERE_IS_OpenMP.cmake b/config/HandleOpenMPFlags.cmake
similarity index 90%
rename from config/WHERE_IS_OpenMP.cmake
rename to config/HandleOpenMPFlags.cmake
index 6288c15b6..6bf3fdc81 100644
--- a/config/WHERE_IS_OpenMP.cmake
+++ b/config/HandleOpenMPFlags.cmake
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 #   OPENMP_FOUND - true if openmp is detected
 
 FIND_PACKAGE(OpenMP)
-ADD_DEFINITIONS(${OpenMP_CXX_FLAGS})
 
 # handle OPENMP flags
 IF(OPENMP_FOUND)