diff --git a/src/codegen/codegen_acc_visitor.cpp b/src/codegen/codegen_acc_visitor.cpp
index ba273320dd..3f4efde6dd 100644
--- a/src/codegen/codegen_acc_visitor.cpp
+++ b/src/codegen/codegen_acc_visitor.cpp
@@ -302,7 +302,6 @@ void CodegenAccVisitor::print_device_atomic_capture_annotation() const {
 void CodegenAccVisitor::print_device_stream_wait() const {
     printer->start_block("if(nt->compute_gpu)");
     printer->add_line("nrn_pragma_acc(wait(nt->stream_id))");
-    printer->add_line("nrn_pragma_omp(taskwait)");
     printer->end_block(1);
 }