diff --git a/sycl/include/sycl/atomic_ref.hpp b/sycl/include/sycl/atomic_ref.hpp
index 5c163cd5fe8e2..58a7449487ae1 100644
--- a/sycl/include/sycl/atomic_ref.hpp
+++ b/sycl/include/sycl/atomic_ref.hpp
@@ -126,11 +126,6 @@ class atomic_ref_base {
       detail::IsValidDefaultOrder<DefaultOrder>::value,
       "Invalid default memory_order for atomics.  Valid defaults are: "
       "relaxed, acq_rel, seq_cst");
-#ifdef __AMDGPU__
-  // FIXME should this query device's memory capabilities at runtime?
-  static_assert(DefaultOrder != sycl::memory_order::seq_cst,
-                "seq_cst memory order is not supported on AMDGPU");
-#endif
 
 
 public: