diff --git a/ggml-sycl.cpp b/ggml-sycl.cpp
index 7b502b3b4..08aef929a 100644
--- a/ggml-sycl.cpp
+++ b/ggml-sycl.cpp
@@ -219,33 +219,16 @@ static __device__ __forceinline__ int __dp4a(const int a, const int b, int c) {
 
 static_assert(sizeof(sycl::half) == sizeof(ggml_fp16_t), "wrong fp16 size");
 
-#if DPCT_COMPAT_RT_VERSION >= 12000
-    static const char *cublas_get_error_str(const int err) {
-        /*
-        DPCT1009:48: SYCL uses exceptions to report errors and does not use the
-        error codes. The original code was commented out and a warning string
-        was inserted. You need to rewrite this code.
-        */
-        return "cublasGetStatusString is not supported" /*cublasGetStatusString(err)*/
-            ;
-    }
-#else
-    static const char * cublas_get_error_str(const cublasStatus_t err) {
-        switch (err) {
-            case CUBLAS_STATUS_SUCCESS: return "CUBLAS_STATUS_SUCCESS";
-            case CUBLAS_STATUS_NOT_INITIALIZED: return "CUBLAS_STATUS_NOT_INITIALIZED";
-            case CUBLAS_STATUS_ALLOC_FAILED: return "CUBLAS_STATUS_ALLOC_FAILED";
-            case CUBLAS_STATUS_INVALID_VALUE: return "CUBLAS_STATUS_INVALID_VALUE";
-            case CUBLAS_STATUS_ARCH_MISMATCH: return "CUBLAS_STATUS_ARCH_MISMATCH";
-            case CUBLAS_STATUS_MAPPING_ERROR: return "CUBLAS_STATUS_MAPPING_ERROR";
-            case CUBLAS_STATUS_EXECUTION_FAILED: return "CUBLAS_STATUS_EXECUTION_FAILED";
-            case CUBLAS_STATUS_INTERNAL_ERROR: return "CUBLAS_STATUS_INTERNAL_ERROR";
-            case CUBLAS_STATUS_NOT_SUPPORTED: return "CUBLAS_STATUS_NOT_SUPPORTED";
-            default: return "unknown error";
-        }
-    }
-#endif // CUDART_VERSION >= 12000
 
+static const char *cublas_get_error_str(const int err) {
+    /*
+    DPCT1009:48: SYCL uses exceptions to report errors and does not use the
+    error codes. The original code was commented out and a warning string
+    was inserted. You need to rewrite this code.
+    */
+    return "cublasGetStatusString is not supported" /*cublasGetStatusString(err)*/
+        ;
+}
 
 static void ggml_cuda_error(const char * stmt, const char * func, const char * file, const int line, const char * msg) {
     fprintf(stderr, "CUDA error: %s: %s\n", stmt, msg);