diff --git a/dpctl/apis/include/dpctl4pybind11.hpp b/dpctl/apis/include/dpctl4pybind11.hpp
index 9006375587..09ecd066f2 100644
--- a/dpctl/apis/include/dpctl4pybind11.hpp
+++ b/dpctl/apis/include/dpctl4pybind11.hpp
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ class dpctl_capi
 
     static auto &get()
     {
-        static dpctl_capi api = lookup();
+        static dpctl_capi api{};
         return api;
     }
 
@@ -404,12 +404,6 @@ class dpctl_capi
     dpctl_capi &operator=(dpctl_capi const &) = default;
     dpctl_capi &operator=(dpctl_capi &&) = default;
 
-    static dpctl_capi &lookup()
-    {
-        static dpctl_capi api;
-        return api;
-    }
-
 }; // struct dpctl_capi
 } // namespace detail
 } // namespace dpctl