diff --git a/include/nv/detail/__target_macros b/include/nv/detail/__target_macros
index a0e9916726..11f213ae7e 100644
--- a/include/nv/detail/__target_macros
+++ b/include/nv/detail/__target_macros
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@
 #  define _NV_TARGET_DISPATCH(...) _NV_BLOCK_EXPAND(_NV_DISPATCH_N_ARY(_NV_TARGET_DISPATCH_HANDLE, __VA_ARGS__))
 
 // NV_IF_TARGET supports a false statement provided as a variadic macro
-#  define NV_IF_TARGET(cond, t, ...)    _NV_BLOCK_EXPAND(_NV_TARGET_IF(cond, t, __VA_ARGS__))
+#  define NV_IF_TARGET(cond, ...)    _NV_BLOCK_EXPAND(_NV_TARGET_IF(cond, __VA_ARGS__))
 #  define NV_IF_ELSE_TARGET(cond, t, f) _NV_BLOCK_EXPAND(_NV_TARGET_IF(cond, t, f))
 #  define NV_DISPATCH_TARGET(...)       _NV_TARGET_DISPATCH(__VA_ARGS__)
 
diff --git a/include/nv/target b/include/nv/target
index 1dd0a89535..8622cd2605 100644
--- a/include/nv/target
+++ b/include/nv/target
@@ -35,8 +35,9 @@
 #  define _NV_BITSET_ATTRIBUTE
 #endif
 
-#if (defined(__cplusplus) && __cplusplus >= 201103L) || \
-    (defined(_MSC_VER) && _MSVC_LANG >= 201103L)
+#if (!defined(__ibmxl__)) && \
+    ((defined(__cplusplus) && __cplusplus >= 201103L) || \
+     (defined(_MSC_VER) && _MSVC_LANG >= 201103L))
 #  define _NV_TARGET_CPP11
 #endif