diff --git a/third_party/intel/backend/driver.py b/third_party/intel/backend/driver.py
index f372091e56..103ad252ba 100644
--- a/third_party/intel/backend/driver.py
+++ b/third_party/intel/backend/driver.py
@@ -165,9 +165,6 @@ def __init__(self):
     def get_current_device(self):
         return self.current_device
 
-    def get_event_pool(self):
-        return self.event_pool
-
     def get_sycl_queue(self):
         import torch
         return torch.xpu.current_stream().sycl_queue