diff --git a/llvm/tools/sycl-post-link/sycl-post-link.cpp b/llvm/tools/sycl-post-link/sycl-post-link.cpp
index 4a28151ac71af..2e21da0ea8113 100644
--- a/llvm/tools/sycl-post-link/sycl-post-link.cpp
+++ b/llvm/tools/sycl-post-link/sycl-post-link.cpp
@@ -364,8 +364,6 @@ static void collectKernelModuleMap(
         // the map key is not significant here
         ResKernelModuleMap["<GLOBAL>"].push_back(&F);
         break;
-      default:
-        llvm_unreachable("unknown scope");
       }
     }
   }