diff --git a/com.amd.aparapi.jni/src/cpp/aparapi.cpp b/com.amd.aparapi.jni/src/cpp/aparapi.cpp
index c56cb589f57cd7a23f329f0e08845aa5b0bff060..527f9a2f15b4fe3b4f5da12aa823be2a0fb615da 100644
--- a/com.amd.aparapi.jni/src/cpp/aparapi.cpp
+++ b/com.amd.aparapi.jni/src/cpp/aparapi.cpp
@@ -805,12 +805,7 @@ JNI_JAVA(jint, KernelRunner, runKernelJNI)
 
       if (jniContext->firstRun && config->isProfilingEnabled()){
          cl_event firstEvent;
-#ifdef CL_VERSION_1_2
-         status = clEnqueueMarkerWithWaitList(jniContext->commandQueue, 0, NULL, &firstEvent);
-#else
-         // this was deprecated in 1.1
          status = clEnqueueMarker(jniContext->commandQueue, &firstEvent);
-#endif
          if (status != CL_SUCCESS) {
             PRINT_CL_ERR(status, "clEnqueueMarker endOfTxfers");
             return 0L;