diff --git a/rocclr/runtime/device/rocm/rocprogram.cpp b/rocclr/runtime/device/rocm/rocprogram.cpp
index 8955c1b21c..599a72b937 100644
--- a/rocclr/runtime/device/rocm/rocprogram.cpp
+++ b/rocclr/runtime/device/rocm/rocprogram.cpp
@@ -833,32 +833,8 @@ namespace roc {
             return false;
         }
 
-        // open the optimized output
-        Data* opt_bc = C->NewBuffer(DT_LLVM_BC);
-
-        if (!opt_bc) {
-            buildLog_ += "Error: Failed to open the optimized program.\n";
-            return false;
-        }
-
-        std::ostringstream optLevel;
-        optLevel << "-O" << options->oVariables->OptLevel;
-
-        std::vector<std::string> optOptions;
-        optOptions.push_back(optLevel.str());
-        optOptions.push_back("-strip");
-        optOptions.push_back("-instcombine");
-        optOptions.push_back("-always-inline");
-
-        ret = C->OptimizeLLVMBitcode(linked_bc, opt_bc, optOptions);
-        buildLog_ += C->Output();
-        if (!ret) {
-            buildLog_ += "Error: Optimizing bitcode failed: linking source & IR libraries.\n";
-            return false;
-        }
-
         inputs.clear();
-        inputs.push_back(opt_bc);
+        inputs.push_back(linked_bc);
 
         Buffer* out_exec = C->NewBuffer(DT_EXECUTABLE);
         if (!out_exec) {
@@ -872,8 +848,9 @@ namespace roc {
         optionsstr.append(" -mcpu=");
         optionsstr.append(dev().deviceInfo().machineTarget_);
 
-        // Set the -O#
-        optionsstr.append(" ").append(optLevel.str());
+        std::ostringstream optLevel;
+        optLevel << " -O" << options->oVariables->OptLevel;
+        optionsstr.append(optLevel.str());
 
         // Tokenize the options string into a vector of strings
         std::istringstream strstr(optionsstr);