diff --git a/sycl/source/queue_v3.cpp b/sycl/source/queue_v3.cpp
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--- a/sycl/source/queue_v3.cpp
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-//==-------------- queue_v3.cpp --------------------------------------------==//
-//
-// Part of the LLVM Project, under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM Exceptions.
-// See https://llvm.org/LICENSE.txt for license information.
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
-//
-//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
-
-// This file implements queue constructors for earlier releases and file
-// queue.cpp implements queue constructors for the current release. This enables
-// different default queue implementations for old and current user code, a
-// feature needed on some platforms. This temporary and will be removed in the
-// next release.
-
-#define __SYCL_EXT_ONEAPI_BACKEND_LEVEL_ZERO_V3
-#include <detail/backend_impl.hpp>
-#include <detail/event_impl.hpp>
-#include <detail/queue_impl.hpp>
-#include <sycl/detail/common.hpp>
-#include <sycl/event.hpp>
-#include <sycl/exception_list.hpp>
-#include <sycl/handler.hpp>
-#include <sycl/queue.hpp>
-
-#include <algorithm>
-
-namespace sycl {
-inline namespace _V1 {
-
-queue::queue(const context &SyclContext, const device_selector &DeviceSelector,
-             const async_handler &AsyncHandler, const property_list &PropList) {
-
-  const std::vector<device> Devs = SyclContext.get_devices();
-
-  auto Comp = [&DeviceSelector](const device &d1, const device &d2) {
-    return DeviceSelector(d1) < DeviceSelector(d2);
-  };
-
-  const device &SyclDevice = *std::max_element(Devs.begin(), Devs.end(), Comp);
-
-  impl = std::make_shared<detail::queue_impl>(
-      detail::getSyclObjImpl(SyclDevice), detail::getSyclObjImpl(SyclContext),
-      AsyncHandler, PropList, true);
-}
-
-queue::queue(const context &SyclContext, const device &SyclDevice,
-             const async_handler &AsyncHandler, const property_list &PropList) {
-  impl = std::make_shared<detail::queue_impl>(
-      detail::getSyclObjImpl(SyclDevice), detail::getSyclObjImpl(SyclContext),
-      AsyncHandler, PropList, true);
-}
-
-queue::queue(const device &SyclDevice, const async_handler &AsyncHandler,
-             const property_list &PropList) {
-  impl = std::make_shared<detail::queue_impl>(
-      detail::getSyclObjImpl(SyclDevice), AsyncHandler, PropList, true);
-}
-
-queue::queue(const context &SyclContext, const device_selector &deviceSelector,
-             const property_list &PropList)
-    : queue(SyclContext, deviceSelector,
-            detail::getSyclObjImpl(SyclContext)->get_async_handler(),
-            PropList) {}
-
-queue::queue(const context &SyclContext, const device &SyclDevice,
-             const property_list &PropList)
-    : queue(SyclContext, SyclDevice,
-            detail::getSyclObjImpl(SyclContext)->get_async_handler(),
-            PropList) {}
-
-} // namespace _V1
-} // namespace sycl