diff --git a/rocclr/device/rocm/rocdevice.hpp b/rocclr/device/rocm/rocdevice.hpp
index c1a7c3b920..32dd76d497 100644
--- a/rocclr/device/rocm/rocdevice.hpp
+++ b/rocclr/device/rocm/rocdevice.hpp
@@ -657,9 +657,6 @@ class Device : public NullDevice {
   //! Code object to kernel info map (used in the crash dump analysis)
   mutable std::map<uint64_t, Kernel&> kernel_map_;
 
-  //! Friend function callbackQueue can access and set device class variables.
-  friend void callbackQueue(hsa_status_t status, hsa_queue_t* queue, void* data);
-
  public:
   std::atomic<uint> numOfVgpus_;  //!< Virtual gpu unique index