diff --git a/cpp/src/detail/utility_wrappers.cu b/cpp/src/detail/utility_wrappers.cu
index ba3881dac08..2c23235afec 100644
--- a/cpp/src/detail/utility_wrappers.cu
+++ b/cpp/src/detail/utility_wrappers.cu
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ void uniform_random_fill(rmm::cuda_stream_view const& stream_view,
                          value_t max_value,
                          uint64_t seed)
 {
-  raft::random::RngState rng_state(seed, raft::random::GeneratorType::GenPhilox);
+  raft::random::RngState rng_state(seed);
   raft::random::uniform<value_t, size_t>(
     rng_state, d_value, size, min_value, max_value, stream_view.value());
 }