diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a3bde281..5cc66e4b 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ if(DRAMSYS_BUILD_TESTS)
 endif()
 
 ### SystemC ###
-list(APPEND CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH $ENV{SYSTEMC_HOME} /opt/systemc/)
+list(APPEND CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH $ENV{SYSTEMC_HOME})
 FetchContent_Declare(
     systemc
     GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/accellera-official/systemc.git