diff --git a/libc/src/stdlib/gpu/free.cpp b/libc/src/stdlib/gpu/free.cpp
index 1f0e9ec735974..6ef9d718315a5 100644
--- a/libc/src/stdlib/gpu/free.cpp
+++ b/libc/src/stdlib/gpu/free.cpp
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@
 
 namespace LIBC_NAMESPACE_DECL {
 
+// FIXME: For now we just default to the NVIDIA device allocator which is
+// always available on NVPTX targets. This will be implemented fully later.
+#ifndef LIBC_TARGET_ARCH_IS_NVPTX
 LLVM_LIBC_FUNCTION(void, free, (void *ptr)) { gpu::deallocate(ptr); }
+#endif
 
 } // namespace LIBC_NAMESPACE_DECL
diff --git a/libc/src/stdlib/gpu/malloc.cpp b/libc/src/stdlib/gpu/malloc.cpp
index 54f2d8843996e..b5909cb9cb4d0 100644
--- a/libc/src/stdlib/gpu/malloc.cpp
+++ b/libc/src/stdlib/gpu/malloc.cpp
@@ -14,8 +14,12 @@
 
 namespace LIBC_NAMESPACE_DECL {
 
+// FIXME: For now we just default to the NVIDIA device allocator which is
+// always available on NVPTX targets. This will be implemented fully later.
+#ifndef LIBC_TARGET_ARCH_IS_NVPTX
 LLVM_LIBC_FUNCTION(void *, malloc, (size_t size)) {
   return gpu::allocate(size);
 }
+#endif
 
 } // namespace LIBC_NAMESPACE_DECL
diff --git a/libc/test/src/stdlib/CMakeLists.txt b/libc/test/src/stdlib/CMakeLists.txt
index 8cc0428632ba3..aba76833be9d4 100644
--- a/libc/test/src/stdlib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libc/test/src/stdlib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -420,7 +420,8 @@ if(LLVM_LIBC_FULL_BUILD)
   )
 
   # Only baremetal and GPU has an in-tree 'malloc' implementation.
-  if(LIBC_TARGET_OS_IS_BAREMETAL OR LIBC_TARGET_OS_IS_GPU)
+  if((LIBC_TARGET_OS_IS_BAREMETAL OR LIBC_TARGET_OS_IS_GPU) AND
+      NOT LIBC_TARGET_ARCHITECTURE_IS_NVPTX)
     add_libc_test(
       malloc_test
       HERMETIC_TEST_ONLY