diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index ba7f05e30..70cdc18f5 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2015 - 2020 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. All rights reserved.
-# 
+#
 # Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
 # of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
 # in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
 # to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
 # copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
 # furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
-#  
+#
 # The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
 # all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
-#  
+#
 # THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
 # IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
 # FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
@@ -190,18 +190,6 @@ find_package(OpenCL REQUIRED) # OpenCL_INCLUDE_DIRS, OpenCL_LIBRARIES
 
 set( MODULES_LIST modules)
 
-# look for and register extractkernel
-find_program(EXTRACTKERNEL_BIN extractkernel
-    PATH_SUFFIXES bin
-    PATHS ${ROCM_PATH}
-)
-if(EXTRACTKERNEL_BIN)
-    message(STATUS "${Green}extractkernel found: ${EXTRACTKERNEL_BIN}${ColourReset}")
-    set(EXTRACTKERNEL_BIN "${EXTRACTKERNEL_BIN}")
-else()
-    message(FATAL_ERROR "${Red}extractkernel not found${ColourReset}")
-endif()
-
 foreach (MOD_NAME ${MODULES_LIST})
     add_subdirectory(${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/${MOD_NAME})
 endforeach(MOD_NAME)
diff --git a/Readme.md b/Readme.md
index f51cbeacd..d75ec1fda 100644
--- a/Readme.md
+++ b/Readme.md
@@ -21,16 +21,41 @@ RPP is developed for **Linux** operating system.
 
 -   [ROCm](https://github.com/RadeonOpenCompute/ROCm#installing-from-amd-rocm-repositories)
 
+-   Clang Version `6.0`
+
+        sudo apt-get install clang-6.0
+        sudo ln -s /usr/bin/clang-6.0 /usr/bin/clang
+        sudo ln -s /usr/bin/clang++-6.0 /usr/bin/clang++
+
 -   CMake Version `3.5` or higher
 
--   Boost Version `1.72` or higher (install from source - <https://www.boost.org/>)
+        sudo apt-get install cmake
+
+-   Boost Version `1.72` (install from source: Easy Build and Install - <https://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_72_0/more/getting_started/unix-variants.html#easy-build-and-install>)
+
+        wget https://dl.bintray.com/boostorg/release/1.72.0/source/boost_1_72_0.tar.gz
+        tar -xzvf boost_1_72_0.tar.gz
+        cd boost_1_72_0
+        ./bootstrap.sh
+        ./b2 install
 
 -   IEEE 754-based half-precision floating-point library - half.hpp
-        ```
+
         wget https://sourceforge.net/projects/half/files/half/1.12.0/half-1.12.0.zip
         unzip half-1.12.0.zip -d half-files
         sudo cp half-files/include/half.hpp /usr/local/include/
-        ```
+
+## Prerequisites for Test Suite
+-   OpenCV 3.4.0
+
+        wget https://github.com/opencv/opencv/archive/3.4.0.zip
+        unzip 3.4.0.zip
+        cd opencv-3.4.0/
+        mkdir build
+        cd build
+        cmake -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -D CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/local ..
+        make -j<number of threads>
+        sudo make install
 
 ## Supported Functionalities and Variants
 
diff --git a/src/modules/cl/hip_build_utils.cpp b/src/modules/cl/hip_build_utils.cpp
index 95e1ea910..611332cca 100644
--- a/src/modules/cl/hip_build_utils.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/cl/hip_build_utils.cpp
@@ -66,8 +66,6 @@ boost::filesystem::path HipBuild(boost::optional<TmpDir>& tmp_dir,
                      params + filename + " -o " + bin_file.string());
     if(!boost::filesystem::exists(bin_file))
         RPP_THROW(filename + " failed to compile");
-    // call extract kernel
-    tmp_dir->Execute("/opt/rocm/bin/extractkernel", " -i " + bin_file.string());
     auto hsaco = std::find_if(boost::filesystem::directory_iterator{tmp_dir->path},
                               {},
                               [](auto entry) { return (entry.path().extension() == ".hsaco"); });
diff --git a/src/modules/hip/CMakeLists.txt b/src/modules/hip/CMakeLists.txt
index 6def3fa97..c2099d774 100644
--- a/src/modules/hip/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/modules/hip/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ endif()
     # add_definitions(-DRPP_BACKEND_HIP)
     add_definitions( -DHIP_OC_COMPILER=${HIP_OC_COMPILER})
 
-    add_definitions(-DEXTRACTKERNEL_BIN=${EXTRACTKERNEL_BIN})
-
     set_target_properties(${PROJECT_NAME} PROPERTIES POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
     target_link_libraries (${PROJECT_NAME} ${OpenCL_LIBRARIES} )
     target_include_directories( ${PROJECT_NAME}
diff --git "a/src/modules/hip/\\" "b/src/modules/hip/\\"
deleted file mode 100644
index dd3ca3f62..000000000
--- "a/src/modules/hip/\\"
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,95 +0,0 @@
-/*******************************************************************************
-*
-* MIT License
-*
-* Copyright (c) 2019 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
-*
-* Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
-* of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
-* in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
-* to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
-* copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
-* furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
-*
-* The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
-* copies or substantial portions of the Software.
-*
-* THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
-* IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
-* FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
-* AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
-* LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
-* OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
-* SOFTWARE.
-*
-*******************************************************************************/
-
-#include <rpp/hip_build_utils.hpp>
-#include <rpp/logger.hpp>
-#include <sstream>
-#include <boost/optional.hpp>
-
-#define RPP_STRINGIZE_1(...) #__VA_ARGS__
-#define RPP_STRINGIZE(...) RPP_STRINGIZE_1(__VA_ARGS__)
-
-namespace rpp {
-
-boost::filesystem::path HipBuild(boost::optional<TmpDir>& tmp_dir,
-                                 const std::string& filename,
-                                 std::string src,
-                                 std::string params,
-                                 const std::string& dev_name)
-{
-#ifdef __linux__
-    if(dev_name.find("gfx80") != std::string::npos)
-        RPP_THROW("HIP kernel are not supported on " + dev_name + " architecture");
-    // write out the include files
-    auto inc_list = GetKernelIncList();
-    auto inc_path = tmp_dir->path;
-    boost::filesystem::create_directories(inc_path);
-    for(auto inc_file : inc_list)
-    {
-        auto inc_src = GetKernelInc(inc_file);
-        WriteFile(inc_src, inc_path / inc_file);
-    }
-    src += "\nint main() {}\n";
-    WriteFile(src, tmp_dir->path / filename);
-    params += " -amdgpu-target=" + dev_name;
-    // params += " -Wno-unused-command-line-argument -c -fno-gpu-rdc -I. ";
-    params += " -Wno-unused-command-line-argument -I. ";
-    params += RPP_STRINGIZE(HIP_COMPILER_FLAGS);
-    params += " ";
-    auto bin_file = tmp_dir->path / (filename + ".o");
-    // compile with hcc
-    auto env = std::string("KMOPTLLC=-mattr=+enable-ds128");
-    tmp_dir->Execute(env + std::string(" ") + HIP_COMPILER,
-                     params + filename + " -o " + bin_file.string());
-    if(!boost::filesystem::exists(bin_file))
-        RPP_THROW(filename + " failed to compile");
-    // call extract kernel
-    tmp_dir->Execute(EXTRACTKERNEL_BIN, " -i " + bin_file.string());
-    auto hsaco = std::find_if(boost::filesystem::directory_iterator{tmp_dir->path},
-                              {},
-                              [](auto entry) { return (entry.path().extension() == ".hsaco"); });
-
-    if(hsaco == boost::filesystem::directory_iterator{})
-    {
-        RPP_LOG_E("failed to find *.hsaco in " << hsaco->path().string());
-    }
-
-    return hsaco->path();
-#else
-    (void)filename;
-    (void)params;
-    RPP_THROW("HIP kernels are only supported in Linux");
-#endif
-}
-
-void bin_file_to_str(const boost::filesystem::path& file, std::string& buf)
-{
-    std::ifstream bin_file_ptr(file.string().c_str(), std::ios::binary);
-    std::ostringstream bin_file_strm;
-    bin_file_strm << bin_file_ptr.rdbuf();
-    buf = bin_file_strm.str();
-}
-} // namespace rpp
diff --git a/src/modules/hip/hip_build_utils.cpp b/src/modules/hip/hip_build_utils.cpp
index 7324db80a..65f344839 100644
--- a/src/modules/hip/hip_build_utils.cpp
+++ b/src/modules/hip/hip_build_utils.cpp
@@ -66,8 +66,6 @@ boost::filesystem::path HipBuild(boost::optional<TmpDir>& tmp_dir,
                      params + filename + " -o " + bin_file.string());
     if(!boost::filesystem::exists(bin_file))
         RPP_THROW(filename + " failed to compile");
-    // call extract kernel
-    tmp_dir->Execute("/opt/rocm/bin/extractkernel", " -i " + bin_file.string());
     auto hsaco = std::find_if(boost::filesystem::directory_iterator{tmp_dir->path},
                               {},
                               [](auto entry) { return (entry.path().extension() == ".hsaco"); });