diff --git a/examples/sycl/start-svr.sh b/examples/sycl/start-svr.sh
index b7ea30964..ce31ec51d 100755
--- a/examples/sycl/start-svr.sh
+++ b/examples/sycl/start-svr.sh
@@ -111,7 +111,6 @@ if [ $GGML_SYCL_DEVICE -ne -1 ]; then
     echo "Use $GGML_SYCL_DEVICE as main GPU"
     #use signle GPU only
     GPUS_SETTING="-mg $GGML_SYCL_DEVICE -sm ${SPLIT_MODE}"
-    export ONEAPI_DEVICE_SELECTOR="level_zero:${GGML_SYCL_DEVICE}"
     echo "ONEAPI_DEVICE_SELECTOR=${ONEAPI_DEVICE_SELECTOR}"
 else
     echo "Use all Intel GPUs, including iGPU & dGPU"
diff --git a/examples/sycl/test.sh b/examples/sycl/test.sh
index 38d2e9268..116047cd2 100755
--- a/examples/sycl/test.sh
+++ b/examples/sycl/test.sh
@@ -119,7 +119,6 @@ if [ $GGML_SYCL_DEVICE -ne -1 ]; then
     echo "Use $GGML_SYCL_DEVICE as main GPU"
     #use signle GPU only
     GPUS_SETTING="-mg $GGML_SYCL_DEVICE -sm ${SPLIT_MODE}"
-    export ONEAPI_DEVICE_SELECTOR="level_zero:${GGML_SYCL_DEVICE}"
     echo "ONEAPI_DEVICE_SELECTOR=${ONEAPI_DEVICE_SELECTOR}"
 else
     echo "Use all Intel GPUs, including iGPU & dGPU"
diff --git a/examples/sycl/win-start-svr.bat b/examples/sycl/win-start-svr.bat
index 4d850cbaa..13b5159e0 100644
--- a/examples/sycl/win-start-svr.bat
+++ b/examples/sycl/win-start-svr.bat
@@ -164,7 +164,6 @@ if not "%GGML_SYCL_DEVICE%"=="-1" (
   echo Use %GGML_SYCL_DEVICE% as main GPU
   REM Use single GPU only.
   set "GPUS_SETTING=-mg %GGML_SYCL_DEVICE% -sm %SPLIT_MODE%"
-  set "ONEAPI_DEVICE_SELECTOR=level_zero:%GGML_SYCL_DEVICE%"
   echo ONEAPI_DEVICE_SELECTOR=%ONEAPI_DEVICE_SELECTOR%
 ) else (
   echo Use all Intel GPUs, including iGPU ^& dGPU
diff --git a/examples/sycl/win-test.bat b/examples/sycl/win-test.bat
index 781d17705..39640908b 100644
--- a/examples/sycl/win-test.bat
+++ b/examples/sycl/win-test.bat
@@ -186,7 +186,6 @@ if not "%GGML_SYCL_DEVICE%"=="-1" (
   echo Use %GGML_SYCL_DEVICE% as main GPU
   REM Use single GPU only.
   set "GPUS_SETTING=-mg %GGML_SYCL_DEVICE% -sm %SPLIT_MODE%"
-  set "ONEAPI_DEVICE_SELECTOR=level_zero:%GGML_SYCL_DEVICE%"
   echo ONEAPI_DEVICE_SELECTOR=%ONEAPI_DEVICE_SELECTOR%
 ) else (
   echo Use all Intel GPUs, including iGPU ^& dGPU