diff --git a/misc/CMakeLists.txt b/misc/CMakeLists.txt
index 848dc6229..2e335ccd4 100644
--- a/misc/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/misc/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 if(USE_OPENMP)
     find_package(OpenMP)
 endif()
diff --git a/numerical_methods/CMakeLists.txt b/numerical_methods/CMakeLists.txt
index 0f3b5974c..b3f2fa3ab 100644
--- a/numerical_methods/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/numerical_methods/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ foreach( testsourcefile ${APP_SOURCES} )
     string( REPLACE " " "_" testname ${testname} )
 
     add_executable( ${testname} ${testsourcefile} )
+    set_target_properties( ${testname} PROPERTIES LINKER_LANGUAGE C)
 
     if(OpenMP_C_FOUND)
         target_link_libraries(${testname} OpenMP::OpenMP_C)