diff --git a/python/dune/perftool/sumfact/realization.py b/python/dune/perftool/sumfact/realization.py
index 8922a0b06c8bd5c0e7bc21afe0585b08bf804ab3..3f1afe9c3bab2a9164d315170b3adddf3a8e25a5 100644
--- a/python/dune/perftool/sumfact/realization.py
+++ b/python/dune/perftool/sumfact/realization.py
@@ -83,11 +83,6 @@ def _realize_sum_factorization_kernel(sf):
         ctags = ctags + ",vec"
         vec_shape = (sf.vector_width,)
 
-    # Put a barrier before the sumfactorization kernel
-    insn_dep = frozenset({barrier(depends_on=insn_dep,
-                                  within_inames=frozenset(sf.within_inames),
-                                  )})
-
     # Decide in which order we want to process directions in the
     # sumfactorization. A clever ordering can lead to a reduced
     # complexity. This will e.g. happen at faces where we only have