diff --git a/projects/clr/rocclr/runtime/device/gpu/gpudevice.cpp b/projects/clr/rocclr/runtime/device/gpu/gpudevice.cpp
index 6371399403..b44312fad9 100644
--- a/projects/clr/rocclr/runtime/device/gpu/gpudevice.cpp
+++ b/projects/clr/rocclr/runtime/device/gpu/gpudevice.cpp
@@ -1216,25 +1216,21 @@ bool Device::init() {
   // Count up all the devices in the system.
   numDevices = gsAdaptor::enumerateAdaptors();
 
-  CALuint ordinal = 0;
   const char* selectDeviceByName = NULL;
   if (!flagIsDefault(GPU_DEVICE_ORDINAL)) {
     useDeviceList = true;
     parseRequestedDeviceList(requestedDevices);
-  } else if (!flagIsDefault(GPU_DEVICE_NAME)) {
-    selectDeviceByName = GPU_DEVICE_NAME;
   }
 
   // Loop through all active devices and initialize the device info structure
-  for (; ordinal < numDevices; ++ordinal) {
+  for (CALuint ordinal = 0; ordinal < numDevices; ++ordinal) {
     // Create the GPU device object
     Device* d = new Device();
     bool result = (NULL != d) && d->create(ordinal, numDevices);
     if (useDeviceList) {
       result &= (requestedDevices.find(ordinal) != requestedDevices.end());
     }
-    if (result && ((NULL == selectDeviceByName) || ('\0' == selectDeviceByName[0]) ||
-                   (strstr(selectDeviceByName, d->info().name_) != NULL))) {
+    if (result) {
       d->registerDevice();
     } else {
       delete d;
diff --git a/projects/clr/rocclr/runtime/device/pal/paldevice.cpp b/projects/clr/rocclr/runtime/device/pal/paldevice.cpp
index 3e7ce6d78f..e273cbef3f 100644
--- a/projects/clr/rocclr/runtime/device/pal/paldevice.cpp
+++ b/projects/clr/rocclr/runtime/device/pal/paldevice.cpp
@@ -1310,8 +1310,6 @@ bool Device::init() {
   // Count up all the devices in the system.
   platform_->EnumerateDevices(&gNumDevices, &gDeviceList[0]);
 
-  uint ordinal = 0;
-  const char* selectDeviceByName = nullptr;
   const char* requestedDeviceList = amd::IS_HIP ? ((HIP_VISIBLE_DEVICES[0] != '\0') ?
                                     HIP_VISIBLE_DEVICES : CUDA_VISIBLE_DEVICES)
                                     : GPU_DEVICE_ORDINAL;
@@ -1319,14 +1317,12 @@ bool Device::init() {
   if (requestedDeviceList[0] != '\0') {
     useDeviceList = true;
     parseRequestedDeviceList(requestedDeviceList, requestedDevices, gNumDevices);
-  } else if (GPU_DEVICE_NAME[0] != '\0') {
-    selectDeviceByName = GPU_DEVICE_NAME;
   }
 
   bool foundDevice = false;
 
   // Loop through all active devices and initialize the device info structure
-  for (; ordinal < gNumDevices; ++ordinal) {
+  for (uint ordinal = 0; ordinal < gNumDevices; ++ordinal) {
     bool result = true;
     if (useDeviceList) {
       result = (requestedDevices.find(ordinal) != requestedDevices.end());
@@ -1335,8 +1331,7 @@ bool Device::init() {
     Device* d = new Device();
     result = result && (nullptr != d) && d->create(gDeviceList[ordinal]);
 
-    if (result && ((nullptr == selectDeviceByName) || ('\0' == selectDeviceByName[0]) ||
-                   (strstr(selectDeviceByName, d->info().name_) != nullptr))) {
+    if (result) {
       foundDevice = true;
       d->registerDevice();
     } else {
diff --git a/projects/clr/rocclr/runtime/device/rocm/rocdevice.cpp b/projects/clr/rocclr/runtime/device/rocm/rocdevice.cpp
index f31e9cdc7e..1f4d0081e7 100644
--- a/projects/clr/rocclr/runtime/device/rocm/rocdevice.cpp
+++ b/projects/clr/rocclr/runtime/device/rocm/rocdevice.cpp
@@ -560,11 +560,8 @@ bool Device::init() {
       }
     }
 
-    if (!useDeviceList && (flagIsDefault(GPU_DEVICE_NAME) || GPU_DEVICE_NAME == 0
-        || GPU_DEVICE_NAME[0] == '\0' || !strcmp(GPU_DEVICE_NAME, roc_device->info_.name_))) {
-        roc_device.release()->registerDevice();
-    } else if (useDeviceList && selectedDevices[ordinal++]) {
-        roc_device.release()->registerDevice();
+    if (!useDeviceList || selectedDevices[ordinal++]) {
+      roc_device.release()->registerDevice();
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/projects/clr/rocclr/runtime/utils/flags.hpp b/projects/clr/rocclr/runtime/utils/flags.hpp
index fcae43d04f..f346f07985 100644
--- a/projects/clr/rocclr/runtime/utils/flags.hpp
+++ b/projects/clr/rocclr/runtime/utils/flags.hpp
@@ -38,8 +38,6 @@ debug(size_t, PARAMETERS_MIN_ALIGNMENT, 16,                                   \
         "Minimum alignment required for the abstract parameters stack")       \
 debug(size_t, MEMOBJ_BASE_ADDR_ALIGN, 4*Ki,                                   \
         "Alignment of the base address of any allocate memory object")        \
-release(cstring, GPU_DEVICE_NAME, "",                                         \
-        "Select the device ordinal (will only report a single device)")       \
 release(cstring, GPU_DEVICE_ORDINAL, "",                                      \
         "Select the device ordinal (comma seperated list of available devices)") \
 release(bool, REMOTE_ALLOC, false,                                            \