diff --git a/SYCL/ESIMD/api/functional/ctors/ctor_vector_core.cpp b/SYCL/ESIMD/api/functional/ctors/ctor_vector_core.cpp
index 0f8f12e275..a727834ba2 100644
--- a/SYCL/ESIMD/api/functional/ctors/ctor_vector_core.cpp
+++ b/SYCL/ESIMD/api/functional/ctors/ctor_vector_core.cpp
@@ -33,8 +33,7 @@ int main(int, char **) {
   sycl::device device = queue.get_device();
   // verify aspect::fp16 due to using sycl::half data type
   // verify aspect::fp64 due to using double data type
-  if (!device.is_host() && !device.has(sycl::aspect::fp16) &&
-      !device.has(sycl::aspect::fp64)) {
+  if (!device.has(sycl::aspect::fp16) && !device.has(sycl::aspect::fp64)) {
     std::cout << "Test skipped\n";
     return 0;
   }
diff --git a/SYCL/ESIMD/esimd_test_utils.hpp b/SYCL/ESIMD/esimd_test_utils.hpp
index 1c64904d6d..73df79bda1 100644
--- a/SYCL/ESIMD/esimd_test_utils.hpp
+++ b/SYCL/ESIMD/esimd_test_utils.hpp
@@ -35,17 +35,14 @@ namespace esimd_test {
 // was returned for all devices, then the selection process will cause an
 // exception.
 class ESIMDSelector : public device_selector {
-  // Require GPU device unless HOST is requested in SYCL_DEVICE_FILTER env
+  // Require GPU device
   virtual int operator()(const device &device) const {
     if (const char *dev_filter = getenv("SYCL_DEVICE_FILTER")) {
       std::string filter_string(dev_filter);
       if (filter_string.find("gpu") != std::string::npos)
         return device.is_gpu() ? 1000 : -1;
-      if (filter_string.find("host") != std::string::npos)
-        return device.is_host() ? 1000 : -1;
       std::cerr
-          << "Supported 'SYCL_DEVICE_FILTER' env var values are 'gpu' and "
-             "'host', '"
+          << "Supported 'SYCL_DEVICE_FILTER' env var values is 'gpu' and '"
           << filter_string << "' does not contain such substrings.\n";
       return -1;
     }