diff --git a/SCRAM/GMake/Makefile.rules b/SCRAM/GMake/Makefile.rules
index fabdf34..d7d9631 100644
--- a/SCRAM/GMake/Makefile.rules
+++ b/SCRAM/GMake/Makefile.rules
@@ -1130,7 +1130,7 @@ $(1)_srcdir       := $(2)
 $(1)_files        := $$(filter-out $($(1)_SKIP_FILES), $(sort $($(1)_files)))
 $(1)_prodsrc      := $$(addprefix $(patsubst $(SCRAM_SOURCEDIR)/%,%,$2/),$$($(1)_files))
 $(1)_files_exts   := $$(sort $$(patsubst .%,%,$$(suffix $$(filter-out $$(addprefix %.,$(FILE_EXT_CC_MAP)),$$(notdir $$($(1)_files))))) $$(foreach e,$(FILE_EXT_CC_MAP),$$(if $$(strip $$(filter %.$$e,$$(notdir $$($(1)_files)))),$$e,)))
-$(1)_LOC_USE      += $$(if $$(strip $$(filter $(FORTRANSRC_FILES_SUFFIXES),$$($(1)_files_exts))),$(F77_TYPE_COMPILER),)
+$(1)_LOC_USE      += $$(if $$(strip $$(filter $(FORTRANSRC_FILES_SUFFIXES),$$($(1)_files_exts))),$(F77_TYPE_COMPILER),) $(if $(strip $(filter alpaka/%,$($(1)_PRODUCT_TYPE))),$(if $(strip $($($($(3)_parent))_EX_LIB)),$($(3)_parent)))
 $(1)_objs         := $$(addprefix $$($(1)_objdir)/, $$(addsuffix .$(OBJEXT),$$($(1)_files)))
 $(foreach u,$(call Uniq,$(strip $($(1)_LOC_FLAGS_FORCE_LINK) $(foreach x,$($(1)_LOC_USE),$(if $(strip $($(x)_EX_FLAGS_FORCE_LINK)),$x)))),$(foreach l,$($(u)_EX_LIB),$(eval $(1)_$(l)_force_link:=1)))
 ifneq ($(strip $(filter alpaka/%,$($(1)_PRODUCT_TYPE))),)
diff --git a/SCRAM/Plugins/BuildRules.py b/SCRAM/Plugins/BuildRules.py
index b8d546f..6b5ac6d 100644
--- a/SCRAM/Plugins/BuildRules.py
+++ b/SCRAM/Plugins/BuildRules.py
@@ -1393,7 +1393,7 @@ def library_template_generic(self, check_alpaka=True):
 
     def alpaka_extra_flags(self, bend):
         self.set('use_private', 'alpaka-%s' % bend)
-        extra_use = [self.get("parent")]
+        extra_use = []
         for f in ["USE_ALPAKA", "USE_ALPAKA_" + bend.upper()]:
             for u in [d for d in self.core.get_flag_value(f).split(" ") if d]:
                 if u=="1": continue