diff --git a/src/graph/impl/KokkosGraph_GraphColor_impl.hpp b/src/graph/impl/KokkosGraph_GraphColor_impl.hpp
index ec7ec37999..f1ef7e38b4 100644
--- a/src/graph/impl/KokkosGraph_GraphColor_impl.hpp
+++ b/src/graph/impl/KokkosGraph_GraphColor_impl.hpp
@@ -2494,15 +2494,12 @@ class GraphColor_VBD:public GraphColor <HandleType,lno_row_view_t_,lno_nnz_view_
     nnz_lno_t numVertices = this->nv;
 
     size_type maxColors = 0;
-    const_lno_row_view_t myXadj = this->xadj;
-    const_lno_nnz_view_t myAdj  = this->adj;
     nnz_lno_persistent_work_view_t score
-      = nnz_lno_persistent_work_view_t(Kokkos::ViewAllocateWithoutInitializing("score"), numVertices);
-    typedef typename Kokkos::Experimental::Max<size_type, MyExecSpace> maxScoreReducerType;
-    maxScoreReducerType maxScoreReducer(maxColors);
-    functorScoreCalculation<size_type, MyExecSpace> scoreCalculation(score, myXadj);
-    Kokkos::parallel_reduce("Deterministic Coloring: compute initial scores", my_exec_space(0, numVertices),
-                            scoreCalculation, maxScoreReducer);
+      = nnz_lno_persistent_work_view_t(Kokkos::ViewAllocateWithoutInitializing("score"), this->nv);
+    functorScoreCalculation<size_type, MyExecSpace> scoreCalculation(score, this->xadj);
+    
+    Kokkos::parallel_reduce("Deterministic Coloring: compute initial scores", my_exec_space(0, this->nv),
+                            scoreCalculation, Kokkos::Max<size_type>(maxColors));
 
    if (this->_ticToc) {
      std::cout << "maxColors: " << maxColors << std::endl;
@@ -2572,17 +2569,16 @@ class GraphColor_VBD:public GraphColor <HandleType,lno_row_view_t_,lno_nnz_view_
 
   template <class max_type, class execution_space>
   struct functorScoreCalculation {
-    typedef typename Kokkos::Experimental::Max<max_type, execution_space>::value_type valueType;
     nnz_lno_persistent_work_view_t score_;
     const_lno_row_view_t numNeighbors_;
 
-    functorScoreCalculation(nnz_lno_persistent_work_view_t score, const_lno_row_view_t numNeighbors)
+    functorScoreCalculation(nnz_lno_persistent_work_view_t& score, const_lno_row_view_t& numNeighbors)
       : score_(score), numNeighbors_(numNeighbors) {}
 
     KOKKOS_INLINE_FUNCTION
-    void operator() (const int i, valueType &update) const {
+    void operator() (const int i,  size_type &update) const {
       score_(i) = numNeighbors_(i + 1) - numNeighbors_(i);
-      update = ( (valueType) score_(i) < update ? update : (valueType) score_(i) );
+      update = ( (size_type) score_(i) < update ? update : (size_type) score_(i) );
     }
   }; // functorScoreCalculation()
 
diff --git a/unit_test/graph/Test_Graph_graph_color.hpp b/unit_test/graph/Test_Graph_graph_color.hpp
index 83e2664c09..3c21f81f73 100644
--- a/unit_test/graph/Test_Graph_graph_color.hpp
+++ b/unit_test/graph/Test_Graph_graph_color.hpp
@@ -136,11 +136,9 @@ void test_coloring(lno_t numRows,size_type nnz, lno_t bandwidth, lno_t row_size_
   if( !std::is_same< typename device::execution_space, Kokkos::Cuda >::value )
   {
     coloring_algorithms.push_back(COLORING_VBD);
-    coloring_algorithms.push_back(COLORING_VBDBIT);
   }
   #else
   coloring_algorithms.push_back(COLORING_VBD);
-  coloring_algorithms.push_back(COLORING_VBDBIT);
   #endif
 
   for (size_t ii = 0; ii < coloring_algorithms.size(); ++ii) {
diff --git a/unit_test/graph/Test_Graph_graph_color_deterministic.hpp b/unit_test/graph/Test_Graph_graph_color_deterministic.hpp
index 1ee0af1349..e025f00f55 100644
--- a/unit_test/graph/Test_Graph_graph_color_deterministic.hpp
+++ b/unit_test/graph/Test_Graph_graph_color_deterministic.hpp
@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@ int run_graphcolor_deter(
 
   kh.create_graph_coloring_handle(coloring_algorithm);
 
-
   const size_t num_rows_1 = input_mat.numRows();
   const size_t num_cols_1 = input_mat.numCols();
 
@@ -153,16 +152,8 @@ void test_coloring_deterministic(lno_t numRows, size_type nnz) {
 
   std::vector<ColoringAlgorithm> coloring_algorithms;
 
-  #ifdef KOKKOS_ENABLE_CUDA
-  if( !std::is_same< typename device::execution_space, Kokkos::Cuda >::value )
-  {
-     coloring_algorithms.push_back(COLORING_VBD);
-     coloring_algorithms.push_back(COLORING_VBDBIT);
-  }
-  #else
   coloring_algorithms.push_back(COLORING_VBD);
   coloring_algorithms.push_back(COLORING_VBDBIT);
-  #endif
 
   for (size_t ii = 0; ii < coloring_algorithms.size(); ++ii) {
     ColoringAlgorithm coloring_algorithm = coloring_algorithms[ii];