diff --git a/dpctl/_sycl_context.pyx b/dpctl/_sycl_context.pyx
index 71c2fb7591..a9873fa0de 100644
--- a/dpctl/_sycl_context.pyx
+++ b/dpctl/_sycl_context.pyx
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ from ._backend cimport (  # noqa: E211
     error_handler_callback,
 )
 from ._sycl_device cimport SyclDevice
-from ._sycl_queue cimport default_async_error_handler
 from ._sycl_device import SyclDeviceCreationError
 
 __all__ = [
@@ -201,8 +200,7 @@ cdef class SyclContext(_SyclContext):
     cdef int _init_context_from_one_device(self, SyclDevice device, int props):
         cdef DPCTLSyclDeviceRef DRef = device.get_device_ref()
         cdef DPCTLSyclContextRef CRef = NULL
-        cdef error_handler_callback * eh_callback = (
-            <error_handler_callback *>&default_async_error_handler)
+        cdef error_handler_callback * eh_callback = NULL
         # look up cached contexts for root devices first
         CRef = DPCTLDeviceMgr_GetCachedContext(DRef)
         if (CRef is NULL):
@@ -219,8 +217,7 @@ cdef class SyclContext(_SyclContext):
         cdef int j = 0
         cdef size_t num_bytes
         cdef DPCTLDeviceVectorRef DVRef = NULL
-        cdef error_handler_callback * eh_callback = (
-            <error_handler_callback *>&default_async_error_handler)
+        cdef error_handler_callback * eh_callback = NULL
         cdef DPCTLSyclContextRef CRef = NULL
         cdef DPCTLSyclDeviceRef *elems
 
diff --git a/dpctl/_sycl_event.pyx b/dpctl/_sycl_event.pyx
index 34576a2ef7..3b8f89d4c5 100644
--- a/dpctl/_sycl_event.pyx
+++ b/dpctl/_sycl_event.pyx
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ cdef class SyclEvent(_SyclEvent):
 
     @staticmethod
     cdef void _wait(SyclEvent event):
-        with nogil: DPCTLEvent_WaitAndThrow(event._event_ref)
+        with nogil: DPCTLEvent_Wait(event._event_ref)
 
     @staticmethod
     def wait_for(event):
diff --git a/dpctl/_sycl_queue.pxd b/dpctl/_sycl_queue.pxd
index c906ada4d6..8f9028fabf 100644
--- a/dpctl/_sycl_queue.pxd
+++ b/dpctl/_sycl_queue.pxd
@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@ from ._sycl_event cimport SyclEvent
 from .program._program cimport SyclKernel
 
 
-cdef void default_async_error_handler(int) except * nogil
-
 cdef public api class _SyclQueue [
     object Py_SyclQueueObject, type Py_SyclQueueType
 ]:
diff --git a/dpctl/_sycl_queue.pyx b/dpctl/_sycl_queue.pyx
index 6acf3396e1..361b9d5924 100644
--- a/dpctl/_sycl_queue.pyx
+++ b/dpctl/_sycl_queue.pyx
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ from ._backend cimport (  # noqa: E211
     _arg_data_type,
     _backend_type,
     _queue_property_type,
-    error_handler_callback,
 )
 from .memory._memory cimport _Memory
 
@@ -114,18 +113,6 @@ cdef class SyclQueueCreationError(Exception):
     pass
 
 
-cdef class SyclAsynchronousError(Exception):
-    """
-    A SyclAsynchronousError exception is raised when SYCL operation submission
-    or execution encounters an error.
-    """
-
-
-cdef void default_async_error_handler(int err) except * nogil:
-    with gil:
-        raise SyclAsynchronousError(err)
-
-
 cdef int _parse_queue_properties(object prop) except *:
     cdef int res = 0
     cdef object props
@@ -404,7 +391,7 @@ cdef class SyclQueue(_SyclQueue):
         QRef = DPCTLQueue_Create(
             CRef,
             DRef,
-            <error_handler_callback *>&default_async_error_handler,
+            NULL,
             props
         )
         if QRef is NULL:
@@ -481,7 +468,7 @@ cdef class SyclQueue(_SyclQueue):
         QRef = DPCTLQueue_Create(
             CRef,
             DRef,
-            <error_handler_callback *>&default_async_error_handler,
+            NULL,
             props
         )
         if (QRef is NULL):
@@ -566,7 +553,7 @@ cdef class SyclQueue(_SyclQueue):
         qref = DPCTLQueue_Create(
             cref,
             dref,
-            <error_handler_callback *>&default_async_error_handler,
+            NULL,
             props
         )
         if qref is NULL: