diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 09f0049b4a..070b3cb8bf 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -142,9 +142,6 @@ else()
     message(WARNING "Failed to extract ROCm version.")
 endif()
 
-### Check for hipEventDisableSystemFence support
-check_symbol_exists("hipEventDisableSystemFence" "hip/hip_runtime_api.h" HIP_EVENT_DISABLE_FENCE)
-
 ### Check for hipDeviceMallocUncached support
 check_symbol_exists("hipDeviceMallocUncached" "hip/hip_runtime_api.h" HIP_UNCACHED_MEMORY)
 
@@ -576,9 +573,6 @@ endif()
 if(TRACE)
   target_compile_definitions(rccl PRIVATE ENABLE_TRACE)
 endif()
-if(${HIP_EVENT_DISABLE_FENCE})
-  target_compile_definitions(rccl PRIVATE HIP_EVENT_DISABLE_FENCE)
-endif()
 if(${HIP_CONTIGUOUS_MEMORY})
   target_compile_definitions(rccl PRIVATE HIP_CONTIGUOUS_MEMORY)
 endif()
diff --git a/src/init.cc b/src/init.cc
index 41aae75558..5524490b0f 100644
--- a/src/init.cc
+++ b/src/init.cc
@@ -521,12 +521,7 @@ static ncclResult_t commAlloc(struct ncclComm* comm, struct ncclComm* parent, in
   // Try to create a CUDA object right away. If there is something wrong with
   // the device we're on (failure cause #1) , better know it early.
   hipEvent_t doneEvent;
-#ifdef HIP_EVENT_DISABLE_FENCE
-  CUDACHECK(hipEventCreateWithFlags(&doneEvent, hipEventDisableTiming|hipEventDisableSystemFence));
-#else
   CUDACHECK(hipEventCreateWithFlags(&doneEvent, hipEventDisableTiming));
-#endif
-
 
   comm->doneEvent = doneEvent;
   comm->lastStream = nullptr;
diff --git a/src/misc/msccl/msccl_setup.cc b/src/misc/msccl/msccl_setup.cc
index 88b379f988..e755f0f6a0 100644
--- a/src/misc/msccl/msccl_setup.cc
+++ b/src/misc/msccl/msccl_setup.cc
@@ -16,10 +16,6 @@
 #include "msccl/msccl_setup.h"
 #include "msccl/msccl_status.h"
 
-#ifndef HIP_EVENT_DISABLE_FENCE
-RCCL_PARAM(MscclEnableDoneEvent, "MSCCL_ENABLE_DONE_EVENT", 1);
-#endif
-
 RCCL_PARAM(MscclWorkFifoDepth, "MSCCL_WORK_FIFO_DEPTH", 256<<10);
 
 static inline size_t computeSizeNeeded(size_t nBytes, int nScratchChunks, int nChunksPerLoop) {
@@ -417,14 +413,7 @@ ncclResult_t mscclSetupKernel(const void* sendBuff, void* recvBuff, size_t count
   mscclStatus& status = mscclGetStatus();
   mscclThreadLocalStatus& threadLocalStatus = mscclGetThreadLocalStatus();
 
-  bool enableDoneEvent =
-#ifndef HIP_EVENT_DISABLE_FENCE
-	  (rcclParamMscclEnableDoneEvent() == 1);
-#else
-          true;
-#endif
-
-  if (enableDoneEvent && (status.lastStream != stream && status.lastStream != nullptr)) {
+  if (status.lastStream != stream && status.lastStream != nullptr) {
     CUDACHECK(hipStreamWaitEvent(stream, comm->doneEvent, 0));
   }
 
@@ -526,11 +515,7 @@ ncclResult_t mscclSetupKernel(const void* sendBuff, void* recvBuff, size_t count
 
   void *args[3] = {&comm->devComm, &devAlgo, &workPtr};
   void *func = mscclKernelEntries[fnIndex];
-  if (enableDoneEvent) {
-    CUDACHECK(hipExtLaunchKernel(func, grid, block, args, 0, stream, NULL, comm->doneEvent, 0));
-  } else {
-    CUDACHECK(hipExtLaunchKernel(func, grid, block, args, 0, stream, NULL, NULL, 0));
-  }
+  CUDACHECK(hipExtLaunchKernel(func, grid, block, args, 0, stream, NULL, comm->doneEvent, 0));
   status.workIndex++;
   status.lastStream = stream;
   return ncclSuccess;