diff --git a/projects/clr/rocclr/runtime/platform/program.cpp b/projects/clr/rocclr/runtime/platform/program.cpp
index cf23e45f19..4ed2709ecf 100644
--- a/projects/clr/rocclr/runtime/platform/program.cpp
+++ b/projects/clr/rocclr/runtime/platform/program.cpp
@@ -93,11 +93,6 @@ Program::addDeviceProgram(Device& device, const void* image, size_t length,
 
     devicePrograms_[&rootDev] = program;
 
-    program = rootDev.createProgram(hsail);
-    if (program == NULL) {
-        return CL_OUT_OF_HOST_MEMORY;
-    }
-
     deviceList_.insert(&device);
     return CL_SUCCESS;
 }