diff --git a/src/intel/ds/intel_pps_perf.cc b/src/intel/ds/intel_pps_perf.cc
index 4052e9b17c0..014debbd325 100644
--- a/src/intel/ds/intel_pps_perf.cc
+++ b/src/intel/ds/intel_pps_perf.cc
@@ -19,9 +19,7 @@ namespace pps
 {
 IntelPerf::IntelPerf(const int drm_fd)
    : drm_fd {drm_fd}
-   , ralloc_ctx {ralloc_context(nullptr)}
-   , ralloc_cfg {ralloc_context(nullptr)}
-   , cfg {intel_perf_new(ralloc_cfg)}
+   , cfg {intel_perf_new(NULL)}
 {
    assert(drm_fd >= 0 && "DRM fd is not valid");
 
@@ -41,14 +39,6 @@ IntelPerf::~IntelPerf()
 {
    close();
 
-   if (ralloc_ctx) {
-      ralloc_free(ralloc_ctx);
-   }
-
-   if (ralloc_cfg) {
-      ralloc_free(ralloc_cfg);
-   }
-
    intel_perf_free(cfg);
 }
 
@@ -83,7 +73,7 @@ bool IntelPerf::open(const uint64_t sampling_period_ns,
 {
    assert(!ctx && "Perf context should not be initialized at this point");
 
-   ctx = intel_perf_new_context(ralloc_ctx);
+   ctx = intel_perf_new_context(NULL);
    intel_perf_init_context(ctx, cfg, nullptr, nullptr, nullptr, &devinfo, 0, drm_fd);
 
    auto oa_exponent = get_oa_exponent(&devinfo, sampling_period_ns);
diff --git a/src/intel/ds/intel_pps_perf.h b/src/intel/ds/intel_pps_perf.h
index 2db622ae466..977e9d71383 100644
--- a/src/intel/ds/intel_pps_perf.h
+++ b/src/intel/ds/intel_pps_perf.h
@@ -33,9 +33,6 @@ class IntelPerf
 
    int drm_fd = -1;
 
-   void *ralloc_ctx = nullptr;
-   void *ralloc_cfg = nullptr;
-
    struct intel_perf_context *ctx = nullptr;
    struct intel_perf_config *cfg = nullptr;