diff --git a/Modules/Compiler/NVIDIA-CUDA.cmake b/Modules/Compiler/NVIDIA-CUDA.cmake
index b59deda172..ae4010032b 100644
--- a/Modules/Compiler/NVIDIA-CUDA.cmake
+++ b/Modules/Compiler/NVIDIA-CUDA.cmake
@@ -43,6 +43,6 @@ set(CMAKE_CUDA_USE_RESPONSE_FILE_FOR_LIBRARIES 0)
 set(CMAKE_CUDA_USE_RESPONSE_FILE_FOR_OBJECTS 0)
 
 if (CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL "9.0")
-  set(CMAKE_CUDA_RESPONSE_FILE_LINK_FLAG "--options-file ")
+  set(CMAKE_CUDA_RESPONSE_FILE_DEVICE_LINK_FLAG "--options-file ")
   set(CMAKE_CUDA_RESPONSE_FILE_FLAG "--options-file ")
 endif()
diff --git a/Source/cmNinjaNormalTargetGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmNinjaNormalTargetGenerator.cxx
index beedef4c25..a458caccf7 100644
--- a/Source/cmNinjaNormalTargetGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmNinjaNormalTargetGenerator.cxx
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ void cmNinjaNormalTargetGenerator::WriteDeviceLinkRule(bool useResponseFile)
 
     // build response file name
     std::string responseFlag = this->GetMakefile()->GetSafeDefinition(
-      "CMAKE_CUDA_RESPONSE_FILE_LINK_FLAG");
+      "CMAKE_CUDA_RESPONSE_FILE_DEVICE_LINK_FLAG");
 
     if (!useResponseFile || responseFlag.empty()) {
       vars.Objects = "$in";
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ void cmNinjaNormalTargetGenerator::WriteLinkRule(bool useResponseFile)
 
     if (flag) {
       responseFlag = flag;
-    } else if (this->TargetLinkLanguage != "CUDA") {
+    } else {
       responseFlag = "@";
     }