diff --git a/mlx/backend/cuda/event.cu b/mlx/backend/cuda/event.cu
index afa032a83..f51d2f2e3 100644
--- a/mlx/backend/cuda/event.cu
+++ b/mlx/backend/cuda/event.cu
@@ -90,8 +90,6 @@ bool CudaEvent::completed() const {
 // SharedEvent implementations
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
-namespace {
-
 __host__ __device__ void event_wait(SharedEvent::Atomic* ac, uint64_t value) {
   uint64_t current;
   while ((current = ac->load()) < value) {
@@ -112,8 +110,6 @@ __global__ void event_signal_kernel(SharedEvent::Atomic* ac, uint64_t value) {
   event_signal(ac, value);
 }
 
-} // namespace
-
 SharedEvent::SharedEvent() {
   // Allocate cuda::atomic on managed memory.
   Atomic* ac;