diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index bb9906691..0abedab92 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -98,21 +98,17 @@ if (CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Debug" AND DEBUG_ADDRESS_SANITIZER)
         else()
             # AppleClang and Clang
             message(STATUS "Address Sanitizer available on Clang")
-            set(cmake_cxx_flags "${cmake_cxx_flags} -fsanitize=address -O1 -fno-omit-frame-pointer")
+            set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${cmake_cxx_flags} -fsanitize=address -O1 -fno-omit-frame-pointer")
         endif()
     elseif ("${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID}" STREQUAL "GNU")
         # GCC
         message(STATUS "Address Sanitizer available on GCC")
-        set(cmake_cxx_flags "${cmake_cxx_flags} -fsanitize=address -O1 -fno-omit-frame-pointer")
-    elseif ("${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID}" STREQUAL "Intel")
-        # Intell compiler ? why?
-        # no address sanitiser here though
-        message(STATUS "Address Sanitizer not available on Intell compilers")
+        set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${cmake_cxx_flags} -fsanitize=address -O1 -fno-omit-frame-pointer")
     elseif ("${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID}" STREQUAL "MSVC")
         message(STATUS "Address Sanitizer available on MSVC")
         set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} /fsanitize=address /O1 /Oy-")
     else()
-        message(STATUS "Address Sanitizer not available on unknown compiler ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID}")
+        message(STATUS "Address Sanitizer not available on compiler ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID}")
     endif()
 endif()