diff --git a/src/CUDA/CudaBase.cuh b/src/CUDA/CudaBase.cuh
index d280ca1..8c8dbd6 100644
--- a/src/CUDA/CudaBase.cuh
+++ b/src/CUDA/CudaBase.cuh
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 #include <cufft.h>
 #include <cublas_v2.h>
 #include <curand_kernel.h>
-#include <nvToolsExt.h>
 #include <time.h>
 
 #define BLOCK_SIZE 128
diff --git a/src/DKSBase.h b/src/DKSBase.h
index 370292d..7887541 100644
--- a/src/DKSBase.h
+++ b/src/DKSBase.h
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@
 
 #ifdef DKS_CUDA
 #include "CUDA/CudaBase.cuh"
-#include "nvToolsExt.h"
 #endif
 
 #ifdef DKS_MIC