diff --git a/test_conformance/api/test_clone_kernel.cpp b/test_conformance/api/test_clone_kernel.cpp
index 6214a426..1f227816 100644
--- a/test_conformance/api/test_clone_kernel.cpp
+++ b/test_conformance/api/test_clone_kernel.cpp
@@ -299,9 +299,6 @@ int test_clone_kernel(cl_device_id deviceID, cl_context context, cl_command_queu
     bufOut = clCreateBuffer(context, CL_MEM_READ_WRITE | CL_MEM_ALLOC_HOST_PTR, BUF_SIZE, NULL, &error);
     test_error( error, "clCreateBuffer failed." );
 
-    clMemWrapper pipe = clCreatePipe(context, CL_MEM_HOST_NO_ACCESS, sizeof(int), 16, NULL, &error);
-    test_error( error, "clCreatePipe failed." );
-
     error = clSetKernelArg(kernel, 0, sizeof(int), &intarg);
     error += clSetKernelArg(kernel, 1, sizeof(float), &farg);
     error += clSetKernelArg(kernel, 2, sizeof(structArg), &sa);
@@ -319,7 +316,7 @@ int test_clone_kernel(cl_device_id deviceID, cl_context context, cl_command_queu
     error = clEnqueueNDRangeKernel(queue, clonek, 1, NULL, &ndrange1, NULL, 0, NULL, NULL);
     test_error( error, "clEnqueueNDRangeKernel failed." );
 
-    // shallow clone tests for buffer, svm and pipes
+    // shallow clone tests for buffer
     error = clSetKernelArg(kernel_buf_write, 0, sizeof(cl_mem), &buf);
     error += clSetKernelArg(kernel_buf_write, 1, sizeof(int), &write_val);
     test_error( error, "clSetKernelArg failed." );