diff --git a/fft/unit_test/Test_Transform.cpp b/fft/unit_test/Test_Transform.cpp
index f268f5e..60b36ba 100644
--- a/fft/unit_test/Test_Transform.cpp
+++ b/fft/unit_test/Test_Transform.cpp
@@ -103,8 +103,6 @@ void test_fft1_identity_inplace(T atol = 1.0e-12) {
     Kokkos::deep_copy(a_ref, a);
     Kokkos::deep_copy(ar_ref, ar);
 
-    Kokkos::fence();
-
     KokkosFFT::fft(execution_space(), a, a_hat);
     KokkosFFT::ifft(execution_space(), a_hat, inv_a_hat);
 
@@ -120,8 +118,6 @@ void test_fft1_identity_inplace(T atol = 1.0e-12) {
     Kokkos::deep_copy(a_ref, a);
     Kokkos::deep_copy(ar_ref, ar);
 
-    Kokkos::fence();
-
     int axis = -1;
     KokkosFFT::Plan fft_plan(execution_space(), a, a_hat,
                              KokkosFFT::Direction::forward, axis);