diff --git a/src/backend/sycl_backend.cc b/src/backend/sycl_backend.cc
index 47b2c80d..2236510a 100644
--- a/src/backend/sycl_backend.cc
+++ b/src/backend/sycl_backend.cc
@@ -158,20 +158,6 @@ struct sycl_backend::impl {
 		}
 	}
 
-	template <typename F>
-	async_event submit_alloc(F&& f) {
-#if CELERITY_WORKAROUND(SIMSYCL)
-		// SimSYCL is not thread safe => skip alloc_queue and complete allocations in executor thread.
-		if constexpr(std::is_void_v<std::invoke_result_t<F>>) {
-			return f(), make_complete_event();
-		} else {
-			return make_complete_event(f());
-		}
-#else
-		return host.alloc_queue.submit(std::forward<F>(f));
-#endif
-	}
-
 	thread_queue& get_host_queue(const size_t lane) {
 		assert(lane <= host.queues.size());
 		if(lane == host.queues.size()) { host.queues.emplace_back(named_threads::task_type_host_queue(lane), config.profiling); }
@@ -233,7 +219,7 @@ void* sycl_backend::debug_alloc(const size_t size) {
 void sycl_backend::debug_free(void* const ptr) { sycl::free(ptr, m_impl->host.sycl_context); }
 
 async_event sycl_backend::enqueue_host_alloc(const size_t size, const size_t alignment) {
-	return m_impl->submit_alloc([this, size, alignment] {
+	return m_impl->host.alloc_queue.submit([this, size, alignment] {
 		const auto ptr = sycl::aligned_alloc_host(alignment, size, m_impl->host.sycl_context);
 #if CELERITY_DETAIL_ENABLE_DEBUG
 		memset(ptr, static_cast<int>(sycl_backend_detail::uninitialized_memory_pattern), size);
@@ -243,7 +229,7 @@ async_event sycl_backend::enqueue_host_alloc(const size_t size, const size_t ali
 }
 
 async_event sycl_backend::enqueue_device_alloc(const device_id device, const size_t size, const size_t alignment) {
-	return m_impl->submit_alloc([this, device, size, alignment] {
+	return m_impl->host.alloc_queue.submit([this, device, size, alignment] {
 		auto& d = m_impl->devices[device];
 		const auto ptr = sycl::aligned_alloc_device(alignment, size, d.sycl_device, d.sycl_context);
 #if CELERITY_DETAIL_ENABLE_DEBUG
@@ -256,11 +242,11 @@ async_event sycl_backend::enqueue_device_alloc(const device_id device, const siz
 }
 
 async_event sycl_backend::enqueue_host_free(void* const ptr) {
-	return m_impl->submit_alloc([this, ptr] { sycl::free(ptr, m_impl->host.sycl_context); });
+	return m_impl->host.alloc_queue.submit([this, ptr] { sycl::free(ptr, m_impl->host.sycl_context); });
 }
 
 async_event sycl_backend::enqueue_device_free(const device_id device, void* const ptr) {
-	return m_impl->submit_alloc([this, device, ptr] { sycl::free(ptr, m_impl->devices[device].sycl_context); });
+	return m_impl->host.alloc_queue.submit([this, device, ptr] { sycl::free(ptr, m_impl->devices[device].sycl_context); });
 }
 
 async_event sycl_backend::enqueue_host_task(size_t host_lane, const host_task_launcher& launcher, std::vector<closure_hydrator::accessor_info> accessor_infos,
diff --git a/src/config.cc b/src/config.cc
index ffb98a3f..185affbd 100644
--- a/src/config.cc
+++ b/src/config.cc
@@ -70,14 +70,6 @@ namespace detail {
 			if(has_profile_kernel) { m_enable_device_profiling = *has_profile_kernel; }
 
 			m_enable_backend_device_submission_threads = parsed_and_validated_envs.get_or(env_backend_device_submission_threads, true);
-#if CELERITY_WORKAROUND(SIMSYCL)
-			// SimSYCL is not thread safe
-			if(m_enable_backend_device_submission_threads) {
-				CELERITY_WARN("CELERITY_BACKEND_DEVICE_SUBMISSION_THREADS=on is not supported with SimSYCL. Disabling worker threads.");
-				m_enable_backend_device_submission_threads = false;
-			}
-#endif // CELERITY_WORKAROUND(SIMSYCL)
-
 			m_thread_pinning_config = parsed_and_validated_envs.get_or(env_thread_pinning, {});
 
 			const auto dry_run_num_nodes = parsed_and_validated_envs.get(env_dry_run_num_nodes);
diff --git a/test/test_utils.cc b/test/test_utils.cc
index 37057ffa..175f21e0 100644
--- a/test/test_utils.cc
+++ b/test/test_utils.cc
@@ -237,8 +237,7 @@ const char* const expected_runtime_init_warnings_regex =
     "Celerity has detected that only .* logical cores are available to this process.*|"
     "Celerity detected more than one node \\(MPI rank\\) on this host, which is not recommended.*|"
     "Instrumentation for profiling with Tracy is enabled\\. Performance may be negatively impacted\\.|"
-    "\\[executor\\] no progress for .* seconds, potentially stuck.*|"
-    "CELERITY_BACKEND_DEVICE_SUBMISSION_THREADS=on is not supported with SimSYCL\\. Disabling worker threads\\.";
+    "\\[executor\\] no progress for .* seconds, potentially stuck.*";
 
 const char* const expected_device_enumeration_warnings_regex = "Found fewer devices .* than local nodes .*, multiple nodes will use the same device.*";