diff --git a/batched/KokkosBatched_Util.hpp b/batched/KokkosBatched_Util.hpp
index 520427e8c6..ad021fc18b 100644
--- a/batched/KokkosBatched_Util.hpp
+++ b/batched/KokkosBatched_Util.hpp
@@ -74,23 +74,7 @@
 
 #include "mkl_version.h"
 #if __INTEL_MKL__ >= 2018
-
-#if defined(KOKKOS_COMPILER_MSVC)
-#define KOKKOSBATCHED_IMPL_ENABLE_INTEL_MKL_BATCHED \
-  (__pragma(message(                                \
-      "warning: __KOKKOSBATCHED_ENABLE_INTEL_MKL_BATCHED__ is deprecated and will be removed in a future version")) 1)
-#elif defined(KOKKOS_COMPILER_GNU) || defined(KOKKOS_COMPILER_CLANG)
-#define KOKKOSBATCHED_IMPL_ENABLE_INTEL_MKL_BATCHED                                                                   \
-  (__extension__({                                                                                                    \
-    _Pragma(                                                                                                          \
-        "warning: __KOKKOSBATCHED_ENABLE_INTEL_MKL_BATCHED__ is deprecated and will be removed in a future version"); \
-    1;                                                                                                                \
-  }))
-#else
-#define KOKKOSBATCHED_IMPL_ENABLE_INTEL_MKL_BATCHED 1  // no good way to deprecate?
-#endif
-#define __KOKKOSBATCHED_ENABLE_INTEL_MKL_BATCHED__ KOKKOSBATCHED_IMPL_ENABLE_INTEL_MKL_BATCHED
-
+#define KOKKOSBATCHED_IMPL_ENABLE_INTEL_MKL_BATCHED 1
 #define __KOKKOSBATCHED_ENABLE_INTEL_MKL_COMPACT_BATCHED__ 1
 #include "mkl.h"
 // #include "mkl_types.h"