diff --git a/selfdrive/modeld/runners/snpemodel.cc b/selfdrive/modeld/runners/snpemodel.cc
index 5ed2d1270e..15c1db0086 100644
--- a/selfdrive/modeld/runners/snpemodel.cc
+++ b/selfdrive/modeld/runners/snpemodel.cc
@@ -75,12 +75,6 @@ SNPEModel::SNPEModel(const std::string path, float *_output, size_t _output_size
   std::vector<size_t> output_strides = {output_size * sizeof(float), sizeof(float)};
   output_buffer = ub_factory.createUserBuffer(output, output_size * sizeof(float), output_strides, &ub_encoding_float);
   output_map.add(output_tensor_name, output_buffer.get());
-
-#ifdef USE_THNEED
-  if (snpe_runtime == zdl::DlSystem::Runtime_t::GPU) {
-    thneed.reset(new Thneed());
-  }
-#endif
 }
 
 void SNPEModel::addInput(const std::string name, float *buffer, int size) {
diff --git a/selfdrive/modeld/runners/snpemodel.h b/selfdrive/modeld/runners/snpemodel.h
index 559b15f8b6..86b2c86084 100644
--- a/selfdrive/modeld/runners/snpemodel.h
+++ b/selfdrive/modeld/runners/snpemodel.h
@@ -17,10 +17,6 @@
 
 #include "selfdrive/modeld/runners/runmodel.h"
 
-#ifdef USE_THNEED
-#include "selfdrive/modeld/thneed/thneed.h"
-#endif
-
 struct SNPEModelInput : public ModelInput {
   std::unique_ptr<zdl::DlSystem::IUserBuffer> snpe_buffer;
 
@@ -37,11 +33,6 @@ public:
   void addInput(const std::string name, float *buffer, int size);
   void execute();
 
-#ifdef USE_THNEED
-  std::unique_ptr<Thneed> thneed;
-  bool thneed_recorded = false;
-#endif
-
 private:
   std::string model_data;