diff --git a/bitsandbytes/cuda_setup/main.py b/bitsandbytes/cuda_setup/main.py
index 2b0542d..39fee52 100644
--- a/bitsandbytes/cuda_setup/main.py
+++ b/bitsandbytes/cuda_setup/main.py
@@ -147,7 +147,6 @@ def evaluate_cuda_setup():
     if cc is not None:
         cc_major, cc_minor = cc.split('.')
         if int(cc_major) < 7 or (int(cc_major) == 7 and int(cc_minor) < 5):
-            failure = True
             cuda_setup.add_log_entry("WARNING: Compute capability < 7.5 detected! Proceeding to load CPU-only library...", is_warning=True)
         else:
             has_cublaslt = True