diff --git a/doc/src/Run_options.rst b/doc/src/Run_options.rst
index 0d627626cc..ecd7f768f0 100644
--- a/doc/src/Run_options.rst
+++ b/doc/src/Run_options.rst
@@ -105,13 +105,12 @@ Either the full word or an abbreviation can be used for the keywords.
 Note that the keywords do not use a leading minus sign.  I.e. the
 keyword is "t", not "-t".  Also note that each of the keywords has a
 default setting.  Examples of when to use these options and what
-settings to use on different platforms is given on the :doc:`KOKKOS package <Speed_kokkos>`
-doc page.
+settings to use on different platforms is given on the :doc:`KOKKOS
+package <Speed_kokkos>` doc page.
 
 * d or device
 * g or gpus
 * t or threads
-* n or numa
 
 .. parsed-literal::
 
@@ -164,19 +163,10 @@ the number of physical cores per node, to use your available hardware
 optimally.  This also sets the number of threads used by the host when
 LAMMPS is compiled with CUDA=yes.
 
-.. parsed-literal::
+.. deprecated:: 22Dec2022
 
-   numa Nm
-
-This option is only relevant when using pthreads with hwloc support.
-In this case Nm defines the number of NUMA regions (typically sockets)
-on a node which will be utilized by a single MPI rank.  By default Nm
-= 1.  If this option is used the total number of worker-threads per
-MPI rank is threads\*numa.  Currently it is always almost better to
-assign at least one MPI rank per NUMA region, and leave numa set to
-its default value of 1. This is because letting a single process span
-multiple NUMA regions induces a significant amount of cross NUMA data
-traffic which is slow.
+Support for the "numa" or "n" option was removed as its functionality
+was ignored in Kokkos for some time already.
 
 ----------
 
diff --git a/src/KOKKOS/fix_langevin_kokkos.h b/src/KOKKOS/fix_langevin_kokkos.h
index 43f809d548..97dbd28a33 100644
--- a/src/KOKKOS/fix_langevin_kokkos.h
+++ b/src/KOKKOS/fix_langevin_kokkos.h
@@ -190,6 +190,20 @@ namespace LAMMPS_NS {
           Tp_BIAS,Tp_RMASS,Tp_ZERO>(i);
       }
 
+      KOKKOS_INLINE_FUNCTION
+      static void init(value_type &update) {
+        update.fx = 0.0;
+        update.fy = 0.0;
+        update.fz = 0.0;
+      }
+      KOKKOS_INLINE_FUNCTION
+      static void join(value_type &update,
+                       const value_type &source) {
+        update.fx += source.fx;
+        update.fy += source.fy;
+        update.fz += source.fz;
+      }
+
       KOKKOS_INLINE_FUNCTION
       static void init(volatile value_type &update) {
         update.fx = 0.0;
@@ -233,6 +247,15 @@ namespace LAMMPS_NS {
         energy += c.compute_energy_item(i);
       }
       KOKKOS_INLINE_FUNCTION
+      static void init(value_type &update) {
+        update = 0.0;
+      }
+      KOKKOS_INLINE_FUNCTION
+      static void join(value_type &update,
+                       const value_type &source) {
+        update += source;
+      }
+      KOKKOS_INLINE_FUNCTION
       static void init(volatile value_type &update) {
         update = 0.0;
       }
diff --git a/src/KOKKOS/kokkos.cpp b/src/KOKKOS/kokkos.cpp
index d735419ab3..38aa5a029d 100644
--- a/src/KOKKOS/kokkos.cpp
+++ b/src/KOKKOS/kokkos.cpp
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ GPU_AWARE_UNKNOWN
 
 using namespace LAMMPS_NS;
 
-Kokkos::InitArguments KokkosLMP::args{-1, -1, -1, false};
+Kokkos::InitializationSettings KokkosLMP::args;
 int KokkosLMP::is_finalized = 0;
 int KokkosLMP::init_ngpus = 0;
 
@@ -110,7 +110,6 @@ KokkosLMP::KokkosLMP(LAMMPS *lmp, int narg, char **arg) : Pointers(lmp)
   ngpus = 0;
   int device = 0;
   nthreads = 1;
-  numa = 1;
 
   int iarg = 0;
   while (iarg < narg) {
@@ -189,30 +188,22 @@ KokkosLMP::KokkosLMP(LAMMPS *lmp, int narg, char **arg) : Pointers(lmp)
 
       iarg += 2;
 
-    } else if (strcmp(arg[iarg],"n") == 0 ||
-               strcmp(arg[iarg],"numa") == 0) {
-      numa = utils::inumeric(FLERR, arg[iarg+1], false, lmp);
-      iarg += 2;
-
     } else error->all(FLERR,"Invalid Kokkos command-line arg: {}", arg[iarg]);
   }
 
   // Initialize Kokkos. However, we cannot change any
   // Kokkos library parameters after the first initalization
 
-  if (args.num_threads != -1) {
-    if ((args.num_threads != nthreads) || (args.num_numa != numa) || (args.device_id != device))
+  if (args.has_num_threads()) {
+    if ((args.get_num_threads() != nthreads) || (args.get_device_id() != device))
       if (me == 0)
-        error->warning(FLERR,"Kokkos package already initalized, "
-                       "cannot reinitialize with different parameters");
-    nthreads = args.num_threads;
-    numa = args.num_numa;
-    device = args.device_id;
+        error->warning(FLERR,"Kokkos package already initalized. Cannot change parameters");
+    nthreads = args.get_num_threads();
+    device = args.get_device_id();
     ngpus = init_ngpus;
   } else {
-    args.num_threads = nthreads;
-    args.num_numa = numa;
-    args.device_id = device;
+    args.set_num_threads(nthreads);
+    args.set_device_id(device);
     init_ngpus = ngpus;
   }
 
@@ -350,7 +341,7 @@ KokkosLMP::KokkosLMP(LAMMPS *lmp, int narg, char **arg) : Pointers(lmp)
 
 /* ---------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 
-void KokkosLMP::initialize(Kokkos::InitArguments args, Error *error)
+void KokkosLMP::initialize(Kokkos::InitializationSettings args, Error *error)
 {
   if (!Kokkos::is_initialized()) {
     if (is_finalized)
diff --git a/src/KOKKOS/kokkos.h b/src/KOKKOS/kokkos.h
index b6a9d57345..8352767d25 100644
--- a/src/KOKKOS/kokkos.h
+++ b/src/KOKKOS/kokkos.h
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ class KokkosLMP : protected Pointers {
   int forward_fix_comm_changed;
   int reverse_comm_changed;
   int nthreads,ngpus;
-  int numa;
   int auto_sync;
   int gpu_aware_flag;
   int neigh_thread;
@@ -53,12 +52,12 @@ class KokkosLMP : protected Pointers {
   double binsize;
 
   static int is_finalized;
-  static Kokkos::InitArguments args;
+  static Kokkos::InitializationSettings args;
   static int init_ngpus;
 
   KokkosLMP(class LAMMPS *, int, char **);
 
-  static void initialize(Kokkos::InitArguments, Error *);
+  static void initialize(Kokkos::InitializationSettings, Error *);
   static void finalize();
   void accelerator(int, char **);
   int neigh_count(int);
diff --git a/src/KOKKOS/pair_reaxff_kokkos.h b/src/KOKKOS/pair_reaxff_kokkos.h
index 5edf439641..56f89d4071 100644
--- a/src/KOKKOS/pair_reaxff_kokkos.h
+++ b/src/KOKKOS/pair_reaxff_kokkos.h
@@ -524,6 +524,12 @@ struct PairReaxKokkosFindBondFunctor  {
   PairReaxFFKokkos<DeviceType> c;
   PairReaxKokkosFindBondFunctor(PairReaxFFKokkos<DeviceType>* c_ptr):c(*c_ptr) {};
 
+  KOKKOS_INLINE_FUNCTION
+  void join(int &dst,
+             const int &src) const {
+    dst = MAX(dst,src);
+  }
+
   KOKKOS_INLINE_FUNCTION
   void join(volatile int &dst,
              const volatile int &src) const {
diff --git a/src/accelerator_kokkos.h b/src/accelerator_kokkos.h
index c064d73728..36a376bff8 100644
--- a/src/accelerator_kokkos.h
+++ b/src/accelerator_kokkos.h
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ class KokkosLMP {
   int kokkos_exists;
   int nthreads;
   int ngpus;
-  int numa;
 
   KokkosLMP(class LAMMPS *, int, char **) { kokkos_exists = 0; }
   ~KokkosLMP() {}
diff --git a/src/comm.cpp b/src/comm.cpp
index 3debdd36cb..a6ac1c4bc8 100644
--- a/src/comm.cpp
+++ b/src/comm.cpp
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ Comm::Comm(LAMMPS *lmp) : Pointers(lmp)
   nthreads = 1;
 #ifdef _OPENMP
   if (lmp->kokkos) {
-    nthreads = lmp->kokkos->nthreads * lmp->kokkos->numa;
+    nthreads = lmp->kokkos->nthreads;
   } else if (getenv("OMP_NUM_THREADS") == nullptr) {
     nthreads = 1;
     if (me == 0)