diff --git a/src/KOKKOS/region_block_kokkos.cpp b/src/KOKKOS/region_block_kokkos.cpp
index 9c71f6d6e5..b3cc64395a 100644
--- a/src/KOKKOS/region_block_kokkos.cpp
+++ b/src/KOKKOS/region_block_kokkos.cpp
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ RegBlockKokkos<DeviceType>::~RegBlockKokkos()
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 
 template<class DeviceType>
-KOKKOS_INLINE_FUNCTION
 int RegBlockKokkos<DeviceType>::surface_kokkos(double x, double y, double z, double cutoff)
 {
   int ncontact;
diff --git a/src/KOKKOS/region_block_kokkos.h b/src/KOKKOS/region_block_kokkos.h
index ff18a86ff8..9474413343 100644
--- a/src/KOKKOS/region_block_kokkos.h
+++ b/src/KOKKOS/region_block_kokkos.h
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ class RegBlockKokkos : public RegBlock, public KokkosBase {
   KOKKOS_INLINE_FUNCTION
   void operator()(TagRegBlockMatchAll, const int&) const;
 
-  KOKKOS_INLINE_FUNCTION
   int surface_kokkos(double, double, double, double);
 
   Kokkos::View<Contact*, DeviceType> d_contact;
diff --git a/src/KOKKOS/region_sphere_kokkos.cpp b/src/KOKKOS/region_sphere_kokkos.cpp
index 4ddbd15aaa..3eff14585f 100644
--- a/src/KOKKOS/region_sphere_kokkos.cpp
+++ b/src/KOKKOS/region_sphere_kokkos.cpp
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ RegSphereKokkos<DeviceType>::~RegSphereKokkos()
   memoryKK->destroy_kokkos(d_contact);
 }
 
-
 /* ----------------------------------------------------------------------
    generate list of contact points for interior or exterior regions
    if region has variable shape, invoke shape_update() once per timestep
@@ -57,7 +56,6 @@ RegSphereKokkos<DeviceType>::~RegSphereKokkos()
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 
 template<class DeviceType>
-KOKKOS_INLINE_FUNCTION
 int RegSphereKokkos<DeviceType>::surface_kokkos(double x, double y, double z, double cutoff)
 {
   int ncontact;
diff --git a/src/KOKKOS/region_sphere_kokkos.h b/src/KOKKOS/region_sphere_kokkos.h
index bb63ed68d4..c5c2a78912 100644
--- a/src/KOKKOS/region_sphere_kokkos.h
+++ b/src/KOKKOS/region_sphere_kokkos.h
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ class RegSphereKokkos : public RegSphere, public KokkosBase {
   ~RegSphereKokkos() override;
   void match_all_kokkos(int, DAT::tdual_int_1d) override;
 
-  KOKKOS_INLINE_FUNCTION
   int surface_kokkos(double, double, double, double);
 
   Kokkos::View<Contact*, DeviceType> d_contact;