diff --git a/projects/rocprofiler/bin/rocprofv2 b/projects/rocprofiler/bin/rocprofv2
index ddf3f44842..0698062aa0 100755
--- a/projects/rocprofiler/bin/rocprofv2
+++ b/projects/rocprofiler/bin/rocprofv2
@@ -206,7 +206,6 @@ while [ 1 ] ; do
     export ROCPROFILER_HSA_API_TRACE=1
     export ROCPROFILER_HSA_ACTIVITY_TRACE=1
     export ROCPROFILER_ROCTX_TRACE=1
-    export ROCPROFILER_KERNEL_TRACE=1
     shift
   elif [ "$1" = "--roc-sys" ] ; then
     export ROCPROFILER_ENABLE_AMDSYS=$2