diff --git a/src/INTEL/pair_tersoff_intel.cpp b/src/INTEL/pair_tersoff_intel.cpp
index 707e8404ff..ad78e920b5 100644
--- a/src/INTEL/pair_tersoff_intel.cpp
+++ b/src/INTEL/pair_tersoff_intel.cpp
@@ -16,11 +16,8 @@
    Contributing author: Markus Höhnerbach (RWTH)
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 
-#include <cmath>
-#include <cstdio>
-
-#include <cstring>
 #include "pair_tersoff_intel.h"
+
 #include "atom.h"
 #include "neighbor.h"
 #include "neigh_list.h"
@@ -30,30 +27,14 @@
 #include "memory.h"
 #include "error.h"
 
-// Currently Intel compiler is required for this pair style.
-// For convenience, base class routines are called if not using Intel compiler.
-#ifndef __INTEL_COMPILER
+#include <cmath>
+#include <cstring>
+
 using namespace LAMMPS_NS;
 
-PairTersoffIntel::PairTersoffIntel(LAMMPS *lmp) : PairTersoff(lmp)
-{
-}
-
-void PairTersoffIntel::compute(int eflag, int vflag)
-{
-  PairTersoff::compute(eflag, vflag);
-}
-
-void PairTersoffIntel::init_style()
-{
-  if (comm->me == 0) {
-    error->warning(FLERR, "Tersoff/intel currently requires intel compiler. "
-                   "Using MANYBODY version.");
-  }
-  PairTersoff::init_style();
-}
-
-#else
+// Currently the Intel compiler is required for this pair style.
+// For convenience, the style is mapped to the base class for other compilers
+#ifdef __INTEL_COMPILER
 
 #ifdef _LMP_INTEL_OFFLOAD
 #pragma offload_attribute(push,target(mic))
@@ -1439,4 +1420,4 @@ void IntelKernelTersoff<flt_t,acc_t,mic, pack_i>::attractive_vector(
 #pragma offload_attribute(pop)
 #endif
 
-#endif
+#endif // __INTEL_COMPILER
diff --git a/src/INTEL/pair_tersoff_intel.h b/src/INTEL/pair_tersoff_intel.h
index b613a00194..0bf32c7556 100644
--- a/src/INTEL/pair_tersoff_intel.h
+++ b/src/INTEL/pair_tersoff_intel.h
@@ -14,7 +14,14 @@
 
 #ifdef PAIR_CLASS
 // clang-format off
+// Currently the Intel compilers are required for this pair style.
+// For convenience, we are mapping the style to the base class.
+
+#ifdef __INTEL_COMPILER
 PairStyle(tersoff/intel,PairTersoffIntel);
+#else
+PairStyle(tersoff/intel,PairTersoff);
+#endif
 // clang-format on
 #else