diff --git a/src/hip_hcc.cpp b/src/hip_hcc.cpp
index 340d572bec..ea8604b7c4 100644
--- a/src/hip_hcc.cpp
+++ b/src/hip_hcc.cpp
@@ -160,8 +160,6 @@ ihipCtx_t *ihipGetTlsDefaultCtx()
 
 hipError_t ihipSynchronize(void)
 {
-    HIP_INIT_API();
-
     ihipGetTlsDefaultCtx()->locked_waitAllStreams(); // ignores non-blocking streams, this waits for all activity to finish.
 
     return ihipLogStatus(hipSuccess);