diff --git a/sycl/source/detail/buffer_impl.cpp b/sycl/source/detail/buffer_impl.cpp
index 1795992594078..7716d0931fbdd 100644
--- a/sycl/source/detail/buffer_impl.cpp
+++ b/sycl/source/detail/buffer_impl.cpp
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ void *buffer_impl::allocateMem(ContextImplPtr Context, bool InitFromUserData,
                                void *HostPtr,
                                sycl::detail::pi::PiEvent &OutEventToWait) {
   bool HostPtrReadOnly = false;
-  BaseT::determineHostPtr(Context, InitFromUserData, HostPtr, HostPtrReadOnly);
+  BaseT::determineHostPtr(InitFromUserData, HostPtr, HostPtrReadOnly);
   assert(!(nullptr == HostPtr && BaseT::useHostPtr() && !Context) &&
          "Internal error. Allocating memory on the host "
          "while having use_host_ptr property");
diff --git a/sycl/source/detail/image_impl.cpp b/sycl/source/detail/image_impl.cpp
index e5bacd33fc70d..0e7b4012617c3 100644
--- a/sycl/source/detail/image_impl.cpp
+++ b/sycl/source/detail/image_impl.cpp
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ void *image_impl::allocateMem(ContextImplPtr Context, bool InitFromUserData,
                               void *HostPtr,
                               sycl::detail::pi::PiEvent &OutEventToWait) {
   bool HostPtrReadOnly = false;
-  BaseT::determineHostPtr(Context, InitFromUserData, HostPtr, HostPtrReadOnly);
+  BaseT::determineHostPtr(InitFromUserData, HostPtr, HostPtrReadOnly);
 
   sycl::detail::pi::PiMemImageDesc Desc = getImageDesc(HostPtr != nullptr);
   assert(checkImageDesc(Desc, Context, HostPtr) &&
diff --git a/sycl/source/detail/sycl_mem_obj_t.cpp b/sycl/source/detail/sycl_mem_obj_t.cpp
index 374f6f1247097..63e6aa3735cc1 100644
--- a/sycl/source/detail/sycl_mem_obj_t.cpp
+++ b/sycl/source/detail/sycl_mem_obj_t.cpp
@@ -173,8 +173,7 @@ size_t SYCLMemObjT::getBufSizeForContext(const ContextImplPtr &Context,
 
 bool SYCLMemObjT::isInterop() const { return MOpenCLInterop; }
 
-void SYCLMemObjT::determineHostPtr(const ContextImplPtr & /*Context*/,
-                                   bool InitFromUserData, void *&HostPtr,
+void SYCLMemObjT::determineHostPtr(bool InitFromUserData, void *&HostPtr,
                                    bool &HostPtrReadOnly) {
   // The data for the allocation can be provided via either the user pointer
   // (InitFromUserData, can be read-only) or a runtime-allocated read-write
diff --git a/sycl/source/detail/sycl_mem_obj_t.hpp b/sycl/source/detail/sycl_mem_obj_t.hpp
index d86468f4dc497..88cda02210dd7 100644
--- a/sycl/source/detail/sycl_mem_obj_t.hpp
+++ b/sycl/source/detail/sycl_mem_obj_t.hpp
@@ -327,8 +327,8 @@ class SYCLMemObjT : public SYCLMemObjI {
 
 protected:
   // An allocateMem helper that determines which host ptr to use
-  void determineHostPtr(const ContextImplPtr &Context, bool InitFromUserData,
-                        void *&HostPtr, bool &HostPtrReadOnly);
+  void determineHostPtr(bool InitFromUserData, void *&HostPtr,
+                        bool &HostPtrReadOnly);
 
   // Allocator used for allocation memory on host.
   std::unique_ptr<SYCLMemObjAllocator> MAllocator;