diff --git a/examples/alpaka/asyncblur/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/alpaka/asyncblur/CMakeLists.txt
index b0e9b32438..f32e99fc39 100644
--- a/examples/alpaka/asyncblur/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/alpaka/asyncblur/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ if (NOT TARGET llama::llama)
 	find_package(llama REQUIRED)
 endif()
 find_package(alpaka 0.9.0 REQUIRED)
+if (alpaka_ACC_GPU_CUDA_ENABLE AND (CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "NVIDIA") AND
+	(CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL 11.3) AND (CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_LESS 11.4))
+	message(WARNING "nvcc 11.3 fails to compile the alpaka asyncblur example, so it is disabled.")
+	return()
+endif()
 alpaka_add_executable(${PROJECT_NAME} asyncblur.cpp ../../common/alpakaHelpers.hpp ../../common/Stopwatch.hpp)
 target_include_directories(${PROJECT_NAME} SYSTEM PRIVATE ../../../thirdparty/stb/include)
 target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE llama::llama alpaka::alpaka)
diff --git a/examples/alpaka/asyncblur/asyncblur.cpp b/examples/alpaka/asyncblur/asyncblur.cpp
index 4d7c215ce0..afd3f325a2 100644
--- a/examples/alpaka/asyncblur/asyncblur.cpp
+++ b/examples/alpaka/asyncblur/asyncblur.cpp
@@ -145,12 +145,6 @@ struct BlurKernel
 auto main(int argc, char** argv) -> int
 try
 {
-#if defined(__NVCC__) && __CUDACC_VER_MAJOR__ == 11 && __CUDACC_VER_MINOR__ >= 3 && __CUDACC_VER_MINOR__ < 4
-// nvcc 11.3 fails to generate the template signature for llama::View, if it has a forward declaration with a default
-// argument (which we need for the default accessor)
-#    warning "alpaka nbody example disabled for nvcc 11.3, because it generates invalid C++ code for the host compiler"
-    return -1;
-#else
     // ALPAKA
     using Dim = alpaka::DimInt<2>;
 
@@ -398,7 +392,6 @@ try
     }
 
     return 0;
-#endif
 }
 catch(const std::exception& e)
 {
diff --git a/examples/alpaka/nbody/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/alpaka/nbody/CMakeLists.txt
index 57650a9831..7a48265420 100644
--- a/examples/alpaka/nbody/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/alpaka/nbody/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -11,6 +11,12 @@ if (NOT TARGET llama::llama)
 	find_package(llama REQUIRED)
 endif()
 find_package(alpaka 0.9.0 REQUIRED)
+if (alpaka_ACC_GPU_CUDA_ENABLE AND (CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "NVIDIA") AND
+	(CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_LESS 11.6))
+	# nvcc <= 11.5 chokes on `pis(tag::Pos{}, tag::X{})` inside `pPInteraction()` and segfauls
+	message(WARNING "nvcc < 11.6 fails to compile the alpaka n-body example, so it is disabled.")
+	return()
+endif()
 alpaka_add_executable(${PROJECT_NAME} nbody.cpp ../../common/Stopwatch.hpp)
 target_compile_features(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE cxx_std_17)
 target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE llama::llama fmt::fmt alpaka::alpaka xsimd)
diff --git a/examples/alpaka/nbody/nbody.cpp b/examples/alpaka/nbody/nbody.cpp
index 1dac58fc1c..89c35d7533 100644
--- a/examples/alpaka/nbody/nbody.cpp
+++ b/examples/alpaka/nbody/nbody.cpp
@@ -314,11 +314,6 @@ void run(std::ostream& plotFile)
 auto main() -> int
 try
 {
-#if defined(__NVCC__) && __CUDACC_VER_MAJOR__ == 11 && __CUDACC_VER_MINOR__ <= 5
-// nvcc <= 11.5 chokes on `pis(tag::Pos{}, tag::X{})` inside `pPInteraction()`
-#    warning "alpaka nbody example disabled for nvcc <= 11.5, because the compiler segfaults"
-    return -1;
-#else
     std::cout << problemSize / 1000 << "k particles (" << problemSize * llama::sizeOf<Particle> / 1024 << "kiB)\n"
               << "Caching " << threadsPerBlock << " particles (" << threadsPerBlock * llama::sizeOf<Particle> / 1024
               << " kiB) in shared memory\n"
@@ -363,7 +358,6 @@ plot $data using 2:xtic(1) ti col axis x1y1, "" using 3 ti col axis x1y2
     std::cout << "Plot with: ./nbody_alpaka.sh\n";
 
     return 0;
-#endif
 }
 catch(const std::exception& e)
 {
diff --git a/examples/alpaka/vectoradd/vectoradd.cpp b/examples/alpaka/vectoradd/vectoradd.cpp
index 067d3f2420..76c4fba327 100644
--- a/examples/alpaka/vectoradd/vectoradd.cpp
+++ b/examples/alpaka/vectoradd/vectoradd.cpp
@@ -192,12 +192,6 @@ catch(const std::exception& e)
 
 auto main() -> int
 {
-#if defined(__NVCC__) && __CUDACC_VER_MAJOR__ == 11 && __CUDACC_VER_MINOR__ >= 3 && __CUDACC_VER_MINOR__ < 4
-// nvcc 11.3 fails to generate the template signature for llama::View, if it has a forward declaration with a default
-// argument (which we need for the default accessor)
-#    warning "alpaka nbody example disabled for nvcc 11.3, because it generates invalid C++ code for the host compiler"
-    return -1;
-#else
     std::cout << problemSize / 1000 / 1000 << "M values "
               << "(" << problemSize * sizeof(float) / 1024 << "kiB)\n";
 
@@ -224,5 +218,4 @@ plot $data using 2:xtic(1) ti "compute kernel"
 )";
     std::cout << "Plot with: ./vectoradd_alpaka.sh\n";
     return 0;
-#endif
 }
diff --git a/examples/cuda/pitch/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/cuda/pitch/CMakeLists.txt
index d7523b2712..58c91c5143 100644
--- a/examples/cuda/pitch/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/cuda/pitch/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.18.3)
 project(llama-cuda-pitch CUDA)
 
+if ((CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "NVIDIA") AND
+    (CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL 11.3) AND (CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_LESS 11.4))
+    # nvcc 11.3 fails to generate the template signature for llama::View, if it has a forward declaration with a default
+    # argument (which we need for the default accessor), and generates invalid C++ code for the host compiler
+    message(WARNING "nvcc 11.3 fails to compile the CUDA pitch example, so it is disabled.")
+    return()
+endif()
+
 find_package(CUDAToolkit) # for include directories
 find_package(fmt CONFIG REQUIRED)
 if (NOT TARGET llama::llama)
diff --git a/examples/cuda/pitch/pitch.cu b/examples/cuda/pitch/pitch.cu
index 7c9e4bd0df..98bf84c3df 100644
--- a/examples/cuda/pitch/pitch.cu
+++ b/examples/cuda/pitch/pitch.cu
@@ -124,12 +124,6 @@ namespace llamaex
 auto main() -> int
 try
 {
-#if defined(__NVCC__) && __CUDACC_VER_MAJOR__ == 11 && __CUDACC_VER_MINOR__ >= 3 && __CUDACC_VER_MINOR__ < 4
-// nvcc 11.3 fails to generate the template signature for llama::View, if it has a forward declaration with a default
-// argument (which we need for the default accessor)
-#    warning "alpaka nbody example disabled for nvcc 11.3, because it generates invalid C++ code for the host compiler"
-    return -1;
-#else
     int device = 0;
     checkError(cudaGetDevice(&device));
     cudaDeviceProp prop{};
@@ -169,8 +163,6 @@ try
         stbi_write_png("pitch1.png", extents[1], extents[0], 3, host1.data(), 0);
     }
 
-    // nvcc 11.3 fails to compile the AoS mapping here
-#    if !(defined(__NVCC__) && __CUDACC_VER_MAJOR__ == 11 && __CUDACC_VER_MINOR__ == 3)
     {
         std::byte* mem = nullptr;
         checkError(cudaMalloc(&mem, widthBytes * extents[0]));
@@ -185,13 +177,11 @@ try
 
         stbi_write_png("pitch2.png", extents[1], extents[0], 3, host2.data(), 0);
     }
-#    endif
 
     if(host1 != host2)
         fmt::print("ERROR: produced two different images");
 
     return 0;
-#endif
 }
 catch(const std::exception& e)
 {