diff --git a/projects/hip/CMakeLists.txt b/projects/hip/CMakeLists.txt
index 369b6528a6..cb950fe5b0 100644
--- a/projects/hip/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/projects/hip/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -190,11 +190,11 @@ if(HIP_PLATFORM STREQUAL "hcc")
 
     execute_process(COMMAND ${HCC_HOME}/bin/hcc-config --ldflags OUTPUT_VARIABLE HCC_LD_FLAGS)
     set(CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS} ${HCC_LD_FLAGS} -Wl,-Bsymbolic")
-    find_package(LLVM HINTS "/opt/rocm/llvm")
+#    find_package(LLVM HINTS "/opt/rocm/llvm")
     set(CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS} --amdgpu-target=gfx701 --amdgpu-target=gfx801 --amdgpu-target=gfx802 --amdgpu-target=gfx803 --amdgpu-target=gfx900")
     add_library(hip_hcc SHARED ${SOURCE_FILES_RUNTIME})
     target_link_libraries(hip_hcc PRIVATE hc_am)
-    target_link_libraries(hip_hcc PUBLIC LLVMAMDGPUUtils)
+#    target_link_libraries(hip_hcc PUBLIC LLVMAMDGPUUtils)
     add_library(hip_hcc_static STATIC ${SOURCE_FILES_RUNTIME})
     target_link_libraries(hip_hcc_static PRIVATE hc_am)
     add_dependencies(hip_hcc_static hip_hcc)
diff --git a/projects/hip/bin/hipcc b/projects/hip/bin/hipcc
index e99be07ffd..34ea6f8a8e 100755
--- a/projects/hip/bin/hipcc
+++ b/projects/hip/bin/hipcc
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ if ($HIP_PLATFORM eq "hcc") {
     $HIPCXXFLAGS .= " -Wno-deprecated-register";
 
     $HIPLDFLAGS .= " -lsupc++";
-    $HIPLDFLAGS .= " -L$HSA_PATH/lib -L$ROCM_PATH/lib -lhsa-runtime64 -lhc_am -lhsakmt `${LLVM_HOME}/bin/llvm-config --ldflags --libs`";
+    $HIPLDFLAGS .= " -L$HSA_PATH/lib -L$ROCM_PATH/lib -lhsa-runtime64 -lhc_am -lhsakmt";# `${LLVM_HOME}/bin/llvm-config --ldflags --libs`";
 
     # Add trace marker library:
     # TODO - once we cleanly separate the HIP API headers from HIP library headers this logic should move to CMakebuild option - apps do not need to see the marker library.
diff --git a/projects/hip/src/hip_module.cpp b/projects/hip/src/hip_module.cpp
index dc0a681c6d..3bca2090ff 100644
--- a/projects/hip/src/hip_module.cpp
+++ b/projects/hip/src/hip_module.cpp
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ hipError_t hipModuleLoad(hipModule_t *module, const char *fname){
             (*module)->size = size;
             in.seekg(0, std::ios::beg);
             std::copy(std::istreambuf_iterator<char>(in), std::istreambuf_iterator<char>(), ptr);
-
+/* Enable for metadata implementation
             Elf *e = elf_memory((char*)p, size);
             if(elf_kind(e) != ELF_K_ELF){
               return ihipLogStatus(hipErrorInvalidValue);
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ hipError_t hipModuleLoad(hipModule_t *module, const char *fname){
                 }
               }
             }
-
+*/
             status = hsa_code_object_deserialize(ptr, size, NULL, &(*module)->object);
 
             if(status != HSA_STATUS_SUCCESS){