diff --git a/projects/hip/include/hcc_detail/hip_runtime_api.h b/projects/hip/include/hcc_detail/hip_runtime_api.h
index 4c854e72f1..ef5ad4927c 100644
--- a/projects/hip/include/hcc_detail/hip_runtime_api.h
+++ b/projects/hip/include/hcc_detail/hip_runtime_api.h
@@ -688,10 +688,10 @@ hipError_t hipHostAlloc(void** ptr, size_t size, unsigned int flags) __attribute
  *
  *  @param[out]  dstPtr Device Pointer mapped to passed host pointer
  *  @param[in] hstPtr Host Pointer allocated through hipHostAlloc
- *  @param[in] flags Flags to be passed for extension
+ *  @param[in] size Requested memory size
  *  @return Error code
  */
-hipError_t hipHostGetDevicePointer(void** devPtr, void* hstPtr, unsigned int flags) ;
+hipError_t hipHostGetDevicePointer(void** devPtr, void* hstPtr, size_t size) ;
 
 /**
  *  @brief Get flags associated with host pointer
diff --git a/projects/hip/include/hip_runtime_api.h b/projects/hip/include/hip_runtime_api.h
index 3a0a4b399a..c7d9f3fa8b 100644
--- a/projects/hip/include/hip_runtime_api.h
+++ b/projects/hip/include/hip_runtime_api.h
@@ -149,8 +149,6 @@ typedef enum hipError_t {
     ,hipErrorInvalidResourceHandle    ///< Resource handle (hipEvent_t or hipStream_t) invalid.
     ,hipErrorInvalidDevice            ///< DeviceID must be in range 0...#compute-devices.
     ,hipErrorInvalidMemcpyDirection   ///< Invalid memory copy direction 
-    ,hipErrorInvalidDevicePointer     ///< Invalid Device Pointer
-    ,hipErrorInitializationError      ///< TODO comment from hipErrorInitializationError
 
     ,hipErrorNoDevice                 ///< Call to hipGetDeviceCount returned 0 devices
     ,hipErrorNotReady                 ///< Indicates that asynchronous operations enqueued earlier are not ready.  This is not actually an error, but is used to distinguish from hipSuccess (which indicates completion).  APIs that return this error include hipEventQuery and hipStreamQuery.
diff --git a/projects/hip/src/hip_hcc.cpp b/projects/hip/src/hip_hcc.cpp
index 23481e27b3..7aa7ae4482 100644
--- a/projects/hip/src/hip_hcc.cpp
+++ b/projects/hip/src/hip_hcc.cpp
@@ -2603,24 +2603,15 @@ hipError_t hipFree(void* ptr)
     // TODO - ensure this pointer was created by hipMalloc and not hipMallocHost
     std::call_once(hip_initialized, ihipInit);
 
-    hipError_t hipStatus = hipErrorInvalidDevicePointer;
 
    // Synchronize to ensure all work has finished.
     ihipGetTlsDefaultDevice()->waitAllStreams(); // ignores non-blocking streams, this waits for all activity to finish.
 
     if (ptr) {
-        hc::accelerator acc;
-        hc::AmPointerInfo amPointerInfo(NULL, NULL, 0, acc, 0, 0);
-        am_status_t status = hc::am_memtracker_getinfo(&amPointerInfo, ptr);
-        if(status == AM_SUCCESS){
-            if(amPointerInfo._hostPointer == NULL){
-                hc::am_free(ptr);
-                hipStatus = hipSuccess;
-            }
-        }
+        hc::am_free(ptr);
     }
 
-    return ihipLogStatus(hipStatus);
+    return ihipLogStatus(hipSuccess);
 }
 
 
@@ -2629,20 +2620,12 @@ hipError_t hipHostFree(void* ptr)
     // TODO - ensure this pointer was created by hipMallocHost and not hipMalloc
     std::call_once(hip_initialized, ihipInit);
 
-    hipError_t hipStatus = hipErrorInvalidDevicePointer;
     if (ptr) {
-        hc::accelerator acc;
-        hc::AmPointerInfo amPointerInfo(NULL, NULL, 0, acc, 0, 0);
-        am_status_t status = hc::am_memtracker_getinfo(&amPointerInfo, ptr);
-        if(status == AM_SUCCESS){
-            if(amPointerInfo._hostPointer == ptr){
-                hc::am_free(ptr);
-                hipStatus = hipSuccess;
-            }
-        }
+        tprintf (DB_MEM, "  %s: %p\n", __func__, ptr);
+        hc::am_free(ptr);
     }
 
-    return ihipLogStatus(hipStatus);
+    return ihipLogStatus(hipSuccess);
 };
 
 
diff --git a/projects/hip/tests/src/CMakeLists.txt b/projects/hip/tests/src/CMakeLists.txt
index ab9c41d545..bbbb3c52ed 100644
--- a/projects/hip/tests/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/projects/hip/tests/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -140,8 +140,6 @@ make_hip_executable (hipStreamL5 hipStreamL5.cpp)
 make_hip_executable (hipHostGetFlags hipHostGetFlags.cpp)
 make_hip_executable (hipHostRegister hipHostRegister.cpp)
 make_hip_executable (hipRandomMemcpyAsync hipRandomMemcpyAsync.cpp)
-make_hip_executable (hipMemoryAllocate hipMemoryAllocate.cpp)
-
 make_test(hip_ballot " " )
 make_test(hip_anyall " " )
 make_test(hip_popc " " )
@@ -172,6 +170,4 @@ make_test(hipStreamL5 " ")
 make_test(hipRandomMemcpyAsync " ")
 #make_test(hipAPIStreamEnable " ")
 #make_test(hipAPIStreamDisable " ")
-make_test(hipMemoryAllocate " ")
-
 make_hipify_test(specialFunc.cu )
diff --git a/projects/hip/tests/src/hipMemoryAllocate.cpp b/projects/hip/tests/src/hipMemoryAllocate.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 30da822eaf..0000000000
--- a/projects/hip/tests/src/hipMemoryAllocate.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright (c) 2015-2016 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. All rights reserved.
-Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
-of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
-in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
-to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
-copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
-furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
-The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
-all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
-THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANNTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
-IMPLIED, INNCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
-FITNNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
-AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANNY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
-LIABILITY, WHETHER INN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
-OUT OF OR INN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
-THE SOFTWARE.
-*/
-#include"test_common.h"
-
-#define SIZE 1024*1024*256
-
-int main(){
-    float *Ad, *B, *Bd, *Bm, *C, *Cd;
-    B = (float*)malloc(SIZE);
-    hipMalloc((void**)&Ad, SIZE);
-    hipHostMalloc((void**)&B, SIZE);
-    hipHostMalloc((void**)&Bd, SIZE, hipHostMallocDefault);
-    hipHostMalloc((void**)&Bm, SIZE, hipHostMallocMapped);
-    hipHostMalloc((void**)&C, SIZE, hipHostMallocMapped);
-    hipHostGetDevicePointer((void**)&Cd, C, SIZE);
-
-    HIPASSERT(hipFree(Ad) == hipSuccess);
-    HIPASSERT(hipHostFree(Ad) == hipErrorInvalidDevicePointer);
-
-    HIPASSERT(hipFree(B) == hipErrorInvalidDevicePointer);
-    HIPASSERT(hipFree(Bd) == hipErrorInvalidDevicePointer);
-    HIPASSERT(hipFree(Bm) == hipErrorInvalidDevicePointer);
-    HIPASSERT(hipHostFree(Bd) == hipSuccess);
-    HIPASSERT(hipHostFree(Bm) == hipSuccess);
-
-    HIPASSERT(hipFree(C) == hipErrorInvalidDevicePointer);
-    HIPASSERT(hipFree(Cd) == hipErrorInvalidDevicePointer);
-    HIPASSERT(hipHostFree(C) == hipSuccess);
-    HIPASSERT(hipHostFree(Cd) == hipErrorInvalidDevicePointer);
-    HIPASSERT(hipFree(Cd) == hipErrorInvalidDevicePointer);
-
-    HIPASSERT(hipFree(NULL) == hipErrorInvalidDevicePointer);
-    HIPASSERT(hipHostFree(NULL) == hipErrorInvalidDevicePointer);
-    passed();
-}