diff --git a/exercises/dot-product.cpp b/exercises/dot-product.cpp
index 67ec877f89..c2830c6cb2 100644
--- a/exercises/dot-product.cpp
+++ b/exercises/dot-product.cpp
@@ -38,11 +38,6 @@ int main(int RAJA_UNUSED_ARG(argc), char **RAJA_UNUSED_ARG(argv[]))
 
   std::cout << "\n\nExercise: vector dot product...\n";
 
-#if defined(RAJA_ENABLE_SYCL)
-  memoryManager::sycl_res = new camp::resources::Resource{camp::resources::Sycl()};
-  ::RAJA::sycl::detail::setQueue(memoryManager::sycl_res);
-#endif
-
 //
 // Define vector length
 //
diff --git a/exercises/dot-product_solution.cpp b/exercises/dot-product_solution.cpp
index a1bc7ad419..d0ae458171 100644
--- a/exercises/dot-product_solution.cpp
+++ b/exercises/dot-product_solution.cpp
@@ -40,11 +40,6 @@ int main(int RAJA_UNUSED_ARG(argc), char **RAJA_UNUSED_ARG(argv[]))
 
   std::cout << "\n\nExercise: vector dot product...\n";
 
-#if defined(RAJA_ENABLE_SYCL)
-  memoryManager::sycl_res = new camp::resources::Resource{camp::resources::Sycl()};
-  ::RAJA::sycl::detail::setQueue(memoryManager::sycl_res);
-#endif
-
 //
 // Define vector length
 //
@@ -113,7 +108,7 @@ int main(int RAJA_UNUSED_ARG(argc), char **RAJA_UNUSED_ARG(argv[]))
 
   RAJA::forall<RAJA::omp_parallel_for_exec>(RAJA::RangeSegment(0, N), [=] (int i) { 
     ompdot += a[i] * b[i]; 
-  });    
+  }); 
 
   dot = ompdot.get();
   // _rajaomp_dotprod_end
diff --git a/exercises/vector-addition.cpp b/exercises/vector-addition.cpp
index a266402224..dbe5260f6d 100644
--- a/exercises/vector-addition.cpp
+++ b/exercises/vector-addition.cpp
@@ -62,11 +62,6 @@ int main(int RAJA_UNUSED_ARG(argc), char **RAJA_UNUSED_ARG(argv[]))
 
   std::cout << "\n\nExercise: RAJA Vector Addition...\n";
 
-#if defined(RAJA_ENABLE_SYCL)
-  memoryManager::sycl_res = new camp::resources::Resource{camp::resources::Sycl()};
-  ::RAJA::sycl::detail::setQueue(memoryManager::sycl_res);
-#endif
-
 //
 // Define vector length
 //
diff --git a/exercises/vector-addition_solution.cpp b/exercises/vector-addition_solution.cpp
index 31956601e0..3bbc070731 100644
--- a/exercises/vector-addition_solution.cpp
+++ b/exercises/vector-addition_solution.cpp
@@ -62,11 +62,6 @@ int main(int RAJA_UNUSED_ARG(argc), char **RAJA_UNUSED_ARG(argv[]))
 
   std::cout << "\n\nExercise: RAJA Vector Addition...\n";
 
-#if defined(RAJA_ENABLE_SYCL)
-  memoryManager::sycl_res = new camp::resources::Resource{camp::resources::Sycl()};
-  ::RAJA::sycl::detail::setQueue(memoryManager::sycl_res);
-#endif
-
 //
 // Define vector length
 //
@@ -179,7 +174,7 @@ int main(int RAJA_UNUSED_ARG(argc), char **RAJA_UNUSED_ARG(argv[]))
     RAJA::TypedRangeSegment<int>(0, N), [=] (int i) { 
       c[i] = a[i] + b[i]; 
     }
-  );    
+  ); 
   // _rajaomp_vector_add_end
 
   checkResult(c, c_ref, N);
diff --git a/include/RAJA/policy/sycl/MemUtils_SYCL.hpp b/include/RAJA/policy/sycl/MemUtils_SYCL.hpp
index 27d3209ae3..081a88dc23 100644
--- a/include/RAJA/policy/sycl/MemUtils_SYCL.hpp
+++ b/include/RAJA/policy/sycl/MemUtils_SYCL.hpp
@@ -64,10 +64,6 @@ extern syclInfo tl_status;
 
 extern std::unordered_map<cl::sycl::queue, bool> g_queue_info_map;
 
-void setQueue(camp::resources::Resource* q);
-
-cl::sycl::queue* getQueue();
-
 }  // namespace detail
 
 //! Allocator for pinned memory for use in basic_mempool
@@ -77,7 +73,7 @@ struct PinnedAllocator {
   void* malloc(size_t nbytes)
   {
     void* ptr;
-    ::sycl::queue* q = ::RAJA::sycl::detail::getQueue();
+    ::sycl::queue* q = ::camp::resources::Sycl::get_default().get_queue();
     ptr = ::sycl::malloc_host(nbytes, *q);
     return ptr;
   }
@@ -86,7 +82,7 @@ struct PinnedAllocator {
   // Will throw if ptr is not in q's context
   bool free(void* ptr)
   {
-    ::sycl::queue* q = ::RAJA::sycl::detail::getQueue();
+    ::sycl::queue* q = ::camp::resources::Sycl::get_default().get_queue();
     ::sycl::free(ptr, *q);
     return true;
   }
@@ -99,7 +95,7 @@ struct DeviceAllocator {
   void* malloc(size_t nbytes)
   {
     void* ptr;
-    ::sycl::queue* q = ::RAJA::sycl::detail::getQueue();
+    ::sycl::queue* q = ::camp::resources::Sycl::get_default().get_queue();
     ptr = ::sycl::malloc_device(nbytes, *q);
     return ptr;
   }
@@ -108,7 +104,7 @@ struct DeviceAllocator {
   // Will throw if ptr is not in q's context
   bool free(void* ptr)
   {
-    ::sycl::queue* q = ::RAJA::sycl::detail::getQueue();
+    ::sycl::queue* q = ::camp::resources::Sycl::get_default().get_queue();
     ::sycl::free(ptr, *q);
     return true;
   }
@@ -122,7 +118,7 @@ struct DeviceZeroedAllocator {
   void* malloc(size_t nbytes)
   {
     void* ptr;
-    ::sycl::queue* q = ::RAJA::sycl::detail::getQueue();
+    ::sycl::queue* q = ::camp::resources::Sycl::get_default().get_queue();
     ptr = ::sycl::malloc_device(nbytes, *q);
     q->memset(ptr, 0, nbytes);
     return ptr;
@@ -132,7 +128,7 @@ struct DeviceZeroedAllocator {
   // Will throw if ptr is not in q's context
   bool free(void* ptr)
   {
-    ::sycl::queue* q = ::RAJA::sycl::detail::getQueue();
+    ::sycl::queue* q = ::camp::resources::Sycl::get_default().get_queue();
     ::sycl::free(ptr, *q);
     return true;
   }
diff --git a/include/RAJA/policy/sycl/reduce.hpp b/include/RAJA/policy/sycl/reduce.hpp
index 58cb83d295..49d89b3cd2 100644
--- a/include/RAJA/policy/sycl/reduce.hpp
+++ b/include/RAJA/policy/sycl/reduce.hpp
@@ -107,12 +107,8 @@ struct Reduce_Data
   Reduce_Data(T initValue, T identityValue, Offload_Info &info)
       : value(initValue)
   {
-    cl::sycl::queue* q = ::RAJA::sycl::detail::getQueue();
+    cl::sycl::queue* q = ::camp::resources::Sycl::get_default().get_queue();
 
-    if(!q) {
-      camp::resources::Resource res = camp::resources::Sycl();
-      q = res.get<camp::resources::Sycl>().get_queue();
-    } 
 
     device = reinterpret_cast<T *>(cl::sycl::malloc_device(sycl::MaxNumTeams * sizeof(T), *(q)));
     host = reinterpret_cast<T *>(cl::sycl::malloc_host(sycl::MaxNumTeams * sizeof(T), *(q)));
@@ -140,7 +136,7 @@ struct Reduce_Data
   //! transfers from the host to the device -- exit() is called upon failure
   RAJA_INLINE void hostToDevice(Offload_Info &info)
   {
-    cl::sycl::queue* q = ::RAJA::sycl::detail::getQueue();
+    cl::sycl::queue* q = ::camp::resources::Sycl::get_default().get_queue();
 
     if(!q) {
       camp::resources::Resource res = camp::resources::Sycl();
@@ -158,7 +154,7 @@ struct Reduce_Data
   //! transfers from the device to the host -- exit() is called upon failure
   RAJA_INLINE void deviceToHost(Offload_Info &info)
   {
-    cl::sycl::queue* q = ::RAJA::sycl::detail::getQueue();
+    cl::sycl::queue* q = ::camp::resources::Sycl::get_default().get_queue();
 
     if(!q) {
       camp::resources::Resource res = camp::resources::Sycl();
@@ -169,18 +165,15 @@ struct Reduce_Data
     auto e = q->memcpy(reinterpret_cast<void *>(host),
                        reinterpret_cast<void *>(device),
                        sycl::MaxNumTeams * sizeof(T));
-    
+ 
     e.wait();
   }
 
   //! frees all data from the offload information passed
   RAJA_INLINE void cleanup(Offload_Info &info)
   {
-    cl::sycl::queue* q = ::RAJA::sycl::detail::getQueue();
-    if(!q) {
-      camp::resources::Resource res = camp::resources::Sycl();
-      q = res.get<camp::resources::Sycl>().get_queue();
-    }
+    cl::sycl::queue* q = ::camp::resources::Sycl::get_default().get_queue();
+
     if (device) {
       cl::sycl::free(reinterpret_cast<void *>(device), *q);
       device = nullptr;
diff --git a/src/MemUtils_SYCL.cpp b/src/MemUtils_SYCL.cpp
index 911ff132b6..0b5f1b8be6 100644
--- a/src/MemUtils_SYCL.cpp
+++ b/src/MemUtils_SYCL.cpp
@@ -48,24 +48,10 @@ syclInfo tl_status;
 #pragma omp threadprivate(tl_status)
 #endif
 
-camp::resources::Resource* app_q = NULL;
-
-void setQueue(camp::resources::Resource* qu) {
-  app_q = qu;
-}
-
 //! State of raja sycl queue synchronization for sycl reducer objects
 std::unordered_map<cl::sycl::queue, bool> g_queue_info_map{
     {cl::sycl::queue(), true}};
 
-cl::sycl::queue* getQueue() {
-  if (app_q != NULL) {
-    return app_q->get<camp::resources::Sycl>().get_queue();
-  }
-
-  return NULL;
-}
-
 }  // namespace detail
 
 }  // namespace sycl