diff --git a/GPy/kern/_src/psi_comp/rbf_psi_gpucomp.py b/GPy/kern/_src/psi_comp/rbf_psi_gpucomp.py
index 623c45c4..c159a0b6 100644
--- a/GPy/kern/_src/psi_comp/rbf_psi_gpucomp.py
+++ b/GPy/kern/_src/psi_comp/rbf_psi_gpucomp.py
@@ -243,7 +243,6 @@ class PSICOMP_RBF_GPU(PSICOMP_RBF):
 
     def __init__(self, threadnum=128, blocknum=15, GPU_direct=False):
         self.GPU_direct = GPU_direct
-        self.cublas_handle = gpu_init.cublas_handle
         self.gpuCache = None
         
         self.threadnum = threadnum
diff --git a/GPy/kern/_src/psi_comp/ssrbf_psi_gpucomp.py b/GPy/kern/_src/psi_comp/ssrbf_psi_gpucomp.py
index 0c28794c..c430e217 100644
--- a/GPy/kern/_src/psi_comp/ssrbf_psi_gpucomp.py
+++ b/GPy/kern/_src/psi_comp/ssrbf_psi_gpucomp.py
@@ -293,7 +293,6 @@ class PSICOMP_SSRBF_GPU(PSICOMP_RBF):
 
     def __init__(self, threadnum=128, blocknum=15, GPU_direct=False):
         self.GPU_direct = GPU_direct
-        self.cublas_handle = gpu_init.cublas_handle
         self.gpuCache = None
         
         self.threadnum = threadnum