diff --git a/hipamd/include/nvcc_detail/hip_runtime.h b/hipamd/include/nvcc_detail/hip_runtime.h
index 06c6ffb9b3..fafa55da9c 100644
--- a/hipamd/include/nvcc_detail/hip_runtime.h
+++ b/hipamd/include/nvcc_detail/hip_runtime.h
@@ -35,9 +35,6 @@ kernelName<<<numblocks,numthreads,memperblock,streamId>>>(0, __VA_ARGS__);\
 } while(0)
 
 
-#define KERNELBEGIN
-#define KERNELEND
-
 #define hipReadModeElementType cudaReadModeElementType
 
 #ifdef __CUDA_ARCH__