diff --git a/docs/markdown/hip_rtc.md b/docs/markdown/hip_rtc.md
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+# HIP RTC Programming Guide
+
+## HIP RTC lib
+HIP allows you to compile kernels at runtime with its ```hiprtc*``` APIs.
+Kernels can be store as a text string and can be passed on to hiprtc APIs alongside options to guide the compilation.
+
+## Example
+To use hiprtc functionality, hiprtc header needs to be included first.
+```#include <hip/hiprtc.h>```
+
+
+Kernels can be stored in a string:
+```cpp
+static constexpr auto kernel {
+R"(
+    extern "C"
+    __global__ void gpu_kernel(...) {
+        // Kernel Functionality
+    }
+)"};
+```
+
+Now to compile this kernel, it needs to be associated with hiprtcProgram type, which is done via declaring ```hiprtcProgram prog;``` and associating the string of kernel with this program:
+
+```cpp
+hiprtcCreateProgram(&prog,                 // hiprtc program
+                    kernel,                // kernel string
+                    "gpu_kernel.cu",       // Name of the file
+                    num_headers,           // Number of headers
+                    &header_sources[0],    // Header sources
+                    &header_names[0]);     // Name of header files
+```
+
+hiprtcCreateProgram API also allows you to add headers which can be included in your rtc program.
+For online compilation, the compiler pre-defines HIP device API functions, HIP specific types and macros for device compilation, but does not include standard C/C++ headers by default. Users can only include header files provided to hiprtcCreateProgram.
+
+After associating the kernel string with hiprtcProgram, you can now compile this program using:
+```cpp
+hiprtcCompileProgram(prog,     // hiprtcProgram
+                    0,         // Number of options
+                    options);  // Clang Options [Supported Clang Options](clang_options.md)
+```
+
+hiprtcCompileProgram returns a status value which can be converted to string via ```hiprtcGetErrorString```. If compilation is successful, hiprtcCompileProgram will return ```HIPRTC_SUCCESS```.
+
+If the compilation fails, you can look up the logs via:
+
+```cpp
+size_t logSize;
+hiprtcGetProgramLogSize(prog, &logSize);
+
+if (logSize) {
+  string log(logSize, '\0');
+  hiprtcGetProgramLog(prog, &log[0]);
+  // Corrective action with logs
+}
+```
+
+If the compilation is successful, you can load the compiled binary in a local variable.
+```cpp
+size_t codeSize;
+hiprtcGetCodeSize(prog, &codeSize);
+
+vector<char> kernel_binary(codeSize);
+hiprtcGetCode(kernel_binary, code.data());
+```
+
+After loading the binary, hiprtcProgram can be destroyed.
+```hiprtcDestroyProgram(&prog);```
+
+The binary present in ```kernel_binary``` can now be loaded via ```hipModuleLoadData``` API.
+```cpp
+hipModule_t module;
+hipFunction_t kernel;
+
+hipModuleLoadData(&module, kernel_binary.data());
+hipModuleGetFunction(&kernel, module, "gpu_kernel");
+```
+
+And now this kernel can be launched via hipModule APIs.
+
+Please have a look at saxpy.cpp and hiprtcGetLoweredName.cpp files for a detailed example.
+
+## HIPRTC specific options
+HIPRTC provides a few hiprtc specific flags
+ - ```--gpu-architecture``` : This flag can guide the code object generation for a specific gpu arch. Example: ```--gpu-architecture=gfx906:sramecc+:xnack-```, its equivalent to ```--offload-arch```.
+
+## Deprecation notice
+Users will be required to link to libhiprtc.so/libhiprtc.dll in future releases. Currently all symbols are present in libhipamd64.so/libhipamd64.dll and there is a plan in action to separate HIPRTC APIs from HIP APIs.
diff --git a/tests/catch/unit/rtc/saxpy.cc b/tests/catch/unit/rtc/saxpy.cc
index af7ca24a2f..09114a4453 100644
--- a/tests/catch/unit/rtc/saxpy.cc
+++ b/tests/catch/unit/rtc/saxpy.cc
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ static constexpr auto NUM_BLOCKS{32};
 
 static constexpr auto saxpy{
 R"(
-#include <hip/hip_runtime.h>
 extern "C"
 __global__
 void saxpy(float a, float* x, float* y, float* out, size_t n)
diff --git a/tests/src/hiprtc/hiprtcGetLoweredName.cpp b/tests/src/hiprtc/hiprtcGetLoweredName.cpp
index 824a4119d5..62ecf7beea 100644
--- a/tests/src/hiprtc/hiprtcGetLoweredName.cpp
+++ b/tests/src/hiprtc/hiprtcGetLoweredName.cpp
@@ -36,8 +36,6 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
 
 static constexpr const char gpu_program[]{
 R"(
-#include <hip/hip_runtime.h>
-
 __device__ int V1; // set from host code
 static __global__ void f1(int *result) { *result = V1 + 10; }
 namespace N1 {
diff --git a/tests/src/hiprtc/saxpy.cpp b/tests/src/hiprtc/saxpy.cpp
index 630ee8ea24..16354eadba 100755
--- a/tests/src/hiprtc/saxpy.cpp
+++ b/tests/src/hiprtc/saxpy.cpp
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ static constexpr auto NUM_BLOCKS{32};
 
 static constexpr auto saxpy{
 R"(
-#include <hip/hip_runtime.h>
 #include "test_header.h"
 #include "test_header1.h"
 extern "C"