diff --git a/src/polypartiCL.cpp b/src/polypartiCL.cpp
index d224d6a..ec00a2c 100644
--- a/src/polypartiCL.cpp
+++ b/src/polypartiCL.cpp
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ struct Polyparti::ParticleField::ColCode {
 
     // allocate only one queue so we don't reinitialize every step of the calculation
     static queue& q_shared() {
-        static queue q{gpu_selector_v, property::queue::in_order()};
+        static queue q{gpu_selector_v};
         return q;
     }