diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index b561f99a723d..3e6feafbe2db 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -561,16 +561,14 @@ hpx_option(
 
 hpx_check_for_avx512f(DEFINITIONS HPX_HAVE_AVX512F)
 
-if(NOT (HPX_WITH_AVX512F))
+if(NOT HPX_WITH_AVX512F)
   set(HPX_WITH_SIMD_SORT Off)
 endif()
 
-
 if(HPX_WITH_SIMD_SORT)
   include(HPX_SetupSimdSort)
   hpx_add_config_define(HPX_HAVE_SIMD_SORT)
   add_compile_options(-mavx512f)
-  MESSAGE("HPX_WITH_SIMD_SORT : ${HPX_WITH_SIMD_SORT}")
 endif()
 
 # ##############################################################################
diff --git a/cmake/HPX_AddConfigTest.cmake b/cmake/HPX_AddConfigTest.cmake
index 57ed28c2f25f..e7b650a0ba8c 100644
--- a/cmake/HPX_AddConfigTest.cmake
+++ b/cmake/HPX_AddConfigTest.cmake
@@ -719,6 +719,6 @@ function(hpx_check_for_avx512f)
   add_hpx_config_test(
     HPX_WITH_AVX512F
     SOURCE cmake/tests/avx512f.cpp
-    FILE ${ARGN} CXXFLAGS -mavx512f 
+    FILE ${ARGN} CXXFLAGS -mavx512f
   )
 endfunction()
diff --git a/libs/core/algorithms/include/hpx/parallel/algorithms/detail/simd_sort.hpp b/libs/core/algorithms/include/hpx/parallel/algorithms/detail/simd_sort.hpp
index cfd4a32a9def..7e0585632ef3 100644
--- a/libs/core/algorithms/include/hpx/parallel/algorithms/detail/simd_sort.hpp
+++ b/libs/core/algorithms/include/hpx/parallel/algorithms/detail/simd_sort.hpp
@@ -51,4 +51,12 @@ namespace hpx::parallel::util {
         return avx512_qsort(arr, arrsize);
     }
 }    // namespace hpx::parallel::util
+#else
+namespace hpx::parallel::util {
+    template <typename T>
+    void simd_quicksort(T* arr, int64_t arrsize)
+    {
+        static_assert(false);
+    }
+}    // namespace hpx::parallel::util
 #endif