diff --git a/sycl/include/sycl/stl_wrappers/corecrt.h b/sycl/include/sycl/stl_wrappers/corecrt.h
index f4d1ceccba4b7..c649f7ae02926 100644
--- a/sycl/include/sycl/stl_wrappers/corecrt.h
+++ b/sycl/include/sycl/stl_wrappers/corecrt.h
@@ -27,12 +27,12 @@
 
 #if defined(__SYCL_DEVICE_ONLY__) && defined(_DEBUG)
 
-#include <cstdint>                            // For uintptr_t
-#include <sycl/detail/defines_elementary.hpp> // For __DPCPP_SYCL_EXTERNAL
+#include <cstdint> // For uintptr_t
 
-extern "C" __DPCPP_SYCL_EXTERNAL void __cdecl _invalid_parameter(
-    wchar_t const *, wchar_t const *, wchar_t const *, unsigned int,
-    uintptr_t) {
+extern "C" inline void __cdecl _invalid_parameter(wchar_t const *,
+                                                  wchar_t const *,
+                                                  wchar_t const *, unsigned int,
+                                                  uintptr_t) {
   // Do nothing when called in device code
 }