diff --git a/mlx/backend/cuda/custom_kernel.cpp b/mlx/backend/cuda/custom_kernel.cpp
index 5ce9d3097..704567ffa 100644
--- a/mlx/backend/cuda/custom_kernel.cpp
+++ b/mlx/backend/cuda/custom_kernel.cpp
@@ -374,7 +374,6 @@ void CustomKernel::eval_gpu(
         }
       });
   encoder.add_kernel_node(kernel, grid, block, shared_memory_, args.args());
-  encoder.add_completed_handler([args = std::move(args)]() {});
 }
 
 } // namespace mlx::core::fast