diff --git a/util/cron/test-perf.gpu-cuda.bash b/util/cron/test-perf.gpu-cuda.bash
index 74c607795b97..1d7a1bfaf1f6 100755
--- a/util/cron/test-perf.gpu-cuda.bash
+++ b/util/cron/test-perf.gpu-cuda.bash
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ source $CWD/common-native-gpu-perf.bash
 # make sure this comes after setting SUBDIR (set by native-gpu-perf) and
 # CONFIG_NAME
 source $CWD/common-perf.bash
+export CHPL_TARGET_CPU=native
 
 
 nightly_args="${nightly_args} -startdate 07/15/22"
diff --git a/util/cron/test-perf.gpu-cuda.um.bash b/util/cron/test-perf.gpu-cuda.um.bash
index f461b718e972..6a2977ddeb6c 100755
--- a/util/cron/test-perf.gpu-cuda.um.bash
+++ b/util/cron/test-perf.gpu-cuda.um.bash
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ source $CWD/common-native-gpu-perf.bash
 # make sure this comes after setting SUBDIR (set by native-gpu-perf) and
 # CONFIG_NAME
 source $CWD/common-perf.bash
+export CHPL_TARGET_CPU=native
 
 SHORT_NAME=um
 nightly_args="${nightly_args} -performance-description $SHORT_NAME -performance-configs default:v,$SHORT_NAME:v -sync-dir-suffix $SHORT_NAME"
diff --git a/util/cron/test-perf.gpu-rocm.bash b/util/cron/test-perf.gpu-rocm.bash
index 5607ec661b7b..ffb5fd9b278e 100755
--- a/util/cron/test-perf.gpu-rocm.bash
+++ b/util/cron/test-perf.gpu-rocm.bash
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ source $CWD/common-native-gpu-perf.bash
 # make sure this comes after setting SUBDIR (set by native-gpu-perf) and
 # CONFIG_NAME
 source $CWD/common-perf.bash
+export CHPL_TARGET_CPU=native
 
 # everything we source above will end up sourcing `common.bash` which will then
 # source `load-base-deps.bash`. In the system we run this config,