diff --git a/sycl/source/detail/allowlist.cpp b/sycl/source/detail/allowlist.cpp
index f5d6c86cec26..c1600b3f68b4 100644
--- a/sycl/source/detail/allowlist.cpp
+++ b/sycl/source/detail/allowlist.cpp
@@ -364,8 +364,7 @@ bool deviceIsAllowed(const DeviceDescT &DeviceDesc,
 }
 
 void applyAllowList(std::vector<ur_device_handle_t> &UrDevices,
-                    ur_platform_handle_t UrPlatform,
-                    const AdapterPtr &Adapter) {
+                    ur_platform_handle_t UrPlatform, adapter_impl &Adapter) {
 
   AllowListParsedT AllowListParsed =
       parseAllowList(SYCLConfig<SYCL_DEVICE_ALLOWLIST>::get());
@@ -375,7 +374,7 @@ void applyAllowList(std::vector<ur_device_handle_t> &UrDevices,
   // Get platform's backend and put it to DeviceDesc
   DeviceDescT DeviceDesc;
   platform_impl &PlatformImpl =
-      platform_impl::getOrMakePlatformImpl(UrPlatform, *Adapter);
+      platform_impl::getOrMakePlatformImpl(UrPlatform, Adapter);
   backend Backend = PlatformImpl.getBackend();
 
   for (const auto &SyclBe : getSyclBeMap()) {
@@ -396,7 +395,7 @@ void applyAllowList(std::vector<ur_device_handle_t> &UrDevices,
     device_impl &DeviceImpl = PlatformImpl.getOrMakeDeviceImpl(Device);
     // get DeviceType value and put it to DeviceDesc
     ur_device_type_t UrDevType = UR_DEVICE_TYPE_ALL;
-    Adapter->call<UrApiKind::urDeviceGetInfo>(
+    Adapter.call<UrApiKind::urDeviceGetInfo>(
         Device, UR_DEVICE_INFO_TYPE, sizeof(UrDevType), &UrDevType, nullptr);
     // TODO need mechanism to do these casts, there's a bunch of this sort of
     // thing
diff --git a/sycl/source/detail/allowlist.hpp b/sycl/source/detail/allowlist.hpp
index 656f6ed0e412..08205438322a 100644
--- a/sycl/source/detail/allowlist.hpp
+++ b/sycl/source/detail/allowlist.hpp
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ bool deviceIsAllowed(const DeviceDescT &DeviceDesc,
                      const AllowListParsedT &AllowListParsed);
 
 void applyAllowList(std::vector<ur_device_handle_t> &UrDevices,
-                    ur_platform_handle_t UrPlatform, const AdapterPtr &Adapter);
+                    ur_platform_handle_t UrPlatform, adapter_impl &Adapter);
 
 } // namespace detail
 } // namespace _V1
diff --git a/sycl/source/detail/context_impl.cpp b/sycl/source/detail/context_impl.cpp
index 25755426ebc2..28f4beef8000 100644
--- a/sycl/source/detail/context_impl.cpp
+++ b/sycl/source/detail/context_impl.cpp
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ context_impl::~context_impl() {
   try {
     // Free all events associated with the initialization of device globals.
     for (auto &DeviceGlobalInitializer : MDeviceGlobalInitializers)
-      DeviceGlobalInitializer.second.ClearEvents(&getAdapter());
+      DeviceGlobalInitializer.second.ClearEvents(getAdapter());
     // Free all device_global USM allocations associated with this context.
     for (const void *DeviceGlobal : MAssociatedDeviceGlobals) {
       DeviceGlobalMapEntry *DGEntry =
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ const async_handler &context_impl::get_async_handler() const {
 template <>
 uint32_t context_impl::get_info<info::context::reference_count>() const {
   return get_context_info<info::context::reference_count>(this->getHandleRef(),
-                                                          &this->getAdapter());
+                                                          this->getAdapter());
 }
 template <> platform context_impl::get_info<info::context::platform>() const {
   return createSyclObjFromImpl<platform>(*MPlatform);
@@ -449,10 +449,9 @@ std::vector<ur_event_handle_t> context_impl::initializeDeviceGlobals(
   }
 }
 
-void context_impl::DeviceGlobalInitializer::ClearEvents(
-    const AdapterPtr &Adapter) {
+void context_impl::DeviceGlobalInitializer::ClearEvents(adapter_impl &Adapter) {
   for (const ur_event_handle_t &Event : MDeviceGlobalInitEvents)
-    Adapter->call<UrApiKind::urEventRelease>(Event);
+    Adapter.call<UrApiKind::urEventRelease>(Event);
   MDeviceGlobalInitEvents.clear();
 }
 
diff --git a/sycl/source/detail/context_impl.hpp b/sycl/source/detail/context_impl.hpp
index 6aa7ba2bc871..25648578fc2c 100644
--- a/sycl/source/detail/context_impl.hpp
+++ b/sycl/source/detail/context_impl.hpp
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ class context_impl : public std::enable_shared_from_this<context_impl> {
     }
 
     /// Clears all events of the initializer. This will not acquire the lock.
-    void ClearEvents(const AdapterPtr &Adapter);
+    void ClearEvents(adapter_impl &Adapter);
 
     /// The binary image of the program.
     const RTDeviceBinaryImage *MBinImage = nullptr;
diff --git a/sycl/source/detail/context_info.hpp b/sycl/source/detail/context_info.hpp
index 65a123b79602..19ad4dd58803 100644
--- a/sycl/source/detail/context_info.hpp
+++ b/sycl/source/detail/context_info.hpp
@@ -20,13 +20,13 @@ namespace detail {
 
 template <typename Param>
 typename Param::return_type get_context_info(ur_context_handle_t Ctx,
-                                             const AdapterPtr &Adapter) {
+                                             adapter_impl &Adapter) {
   static_assert(is_context_info_desc<Param>::value,
                 "Invalid context information descriptor");
   typename Param::return_type Result = 0;
   // TODO catch an exception and put it to list of asynchronous exceptions
-  Adapter->call<UrApiKind::urContextGetInfo>(Ctx, UrInfoCode<Param>::value,
-                                             sizeof(Result), &Result, nullptr);
+  Adapter.call<UrApiKind::urContextGetInfo>(Ctx, UrInfoCode<Param>::value,
+                                            sizeof(Result), &Result, nullptr);
   return Result;
 }
 
diff --git a/sycl/source/detail/platform_impl.cpp b/sycl/source/detail/platform_impl.cpp
index bc3c3cc6d464..16d156d9d682 100644
--- a/sycl/source/detail/platform_impl.cpp
+++ b/sycl/source/detail/platform_impl.cpp
@@ -119,11 +119,11 @@ static bool IsBannedPlatform(platform Platform) {
 // replace uses of this with a helper in adapter object, the adapter
 // objects will own the ur adapter handles and they'll need to pass them to
 // urPlatformsGet - so urPlatformsGet will need to be wrapped with a helper
-std::vector<platform> platform_impl::getAdapterPlatforms(AdapterPtr &Adapter,
+std::vector<platform> platform_impl::getAdapterPlatforms(adapter_impl &Adapter,
                                                          bool Supported) {
   std::vector<platform> Platforms;
 
-  auto UrPlatforms = Adapter->getUrPlatforms();
+  auto UrPlatforms = Adapter.getUrPlatforms();
 
   if (UrPlatforms.empty()) {
     return Platforms;
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ std::vector<platform> platform_impl::getAdapterPlatforms(AdapterPtr &Adapter,
 
   for (const auto &UrPlatform : UrPlatforms) {
     platform Platform = detail::createSyclObjFromImpl<platform>(
-        getOrMakePlatformImpl(UrPlatform, *Adapter));
+        getOrMakePlatformImpl(UrPlatform, Adapter));
     const bool IsBanned = IsBannedPlatform(Platform);
     bool HasAnyDevices = false;
 
@@ -168,12 +168,12 @@ std::vector<platform> platform_impl::get_platforms() {
 
   // See which platform we want to be served by which adapter.
   // There should be just one adapter serving each backend.
-  std::vector<AdapterPtr> &Adapters = ur::initializeUr();
-  std::vector<std::pair<platform, AdapterPtr>> PlatformsWithAdapter;
+  std::vector<adapter_impl *> &Adapters = ur::initializeUr();
+  std::vector<std::pair<platform, adapter_impl *>> PlatformsWithAdapter;
 
   // Then check backend-specific adapters
   for (auto &Adapter : Adapters) {
-    const auto &AdapterPlatforms = getAdapterPlatforms(Adapter);
+    const auto &AdapterPlatforms = getAdapterPlatforms(*Adapter);
     for (const auto &P : AdapterPlatforms) {
       PlatformsWithAdapter.push_back({P, Adapter});
     }
@@ -504,13 +504,13 @@ platform_impl::get_devices(info::device_type DeviceType) const {
     // analysis. Doing adjustment by simple copy of last device num from
     // previous platform.
     // Needs non const adapter reference.
-    std::vector<AdapterPtr> &Adapters = ur::initializeUr();
+    std::vector<adapter_impl *> &Adapters = ur::initializeUr();
     auto It = std::find_if(Adapters.begin(), Adapters.end(),
-                           [&Platform = MPlatform](AdapterPtr &Adapter) {
+                           [&Platform = MPlatform](adapter_impl *&Adapter) {
                              return Adapter->containsUrPlatform(Platform);
                            });
     if (It != Adapters.end()) {
-      AdapterPtr &Adapter = *It;
+      adapter_impl *&Adapter = *It;
       std::lock_guard<std::mutex> Guard(*Adapter->getAdapterMutex());
       Adapter->adjustLastDeviceId(MPlatform);
     }
@@ -530,7 +530,7 @@ platform_impl::get_devices(info::device_type DeviceType) const {
 
   // Filter out devices that are not present in the SYCL_DEVICE_ALLOWLIST
   if (SYCLConfig<SYCL_DEVICE_ALLOWLIST>::get())
-    applyAllowList(UrDevices, MPlatform, MAdapter);
+    applyAllowList(UrDevices, MPlatform, *MAdapter);
 
   // The first step is to filter out devices that are not compatible with
   // ONEAPI_DEVICE_SELECTOR. This is also the mechanism by which top level
diff --git a/sycl/source/detail/platform_impl.hpp b/sycl/source/detail/platform_impl.hpp
index 6d14563e4b1a..b6057b9d5252 100644
--- a/sycl/source/detail/platform_impl.hpp
+++ b/sycl/source/detail/platform_impl.hpp
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ class platform_impl : public std::enable_shared_from_this<platform_impl> {
   device_impl *getDeviceImplHelper(ur_device_handle_t UrDevice);
 
   // Helper to get the vector of platforms supported by a given UR adapter
-  static std::vector<platform> getAdapterPlatforms(AdapterPtr &Adapter,
+  static std::vector<platform> getAdapterPlatforms(adapter_impl &Adapter,
                                                    bool Supported = true);
 
   // Helper to filter reportable devices in the platform
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ class platform_impl : public std::enable_shared_from_this<platform_impl> {
   ur_platform_handle_t MPlatform = 0;
   backend MBackend;
 
-  AdapterPtr MAdapter;
+  adapter_impl *MAdapter;
 
   std::vector<std::shared_ptr<device_impl>> MDevices;
   friend class GlobalHandler;
diff --git a/sycl/source/detail/sycl_mem_obj_t.hpp b/sycl/source/detail/sycl_mem_obj_t.hpp
index e5f8b7a4d3bd..bda749da4de8 100644
--- a/sycl/source/detail/sycl_mem_obj_t.hpp
+++ b/sycl/source/detail/sycl_mem_obj_t.hpp
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ namespace detail {
 class context_impl;
 class event_impl;
 class adapter_impl;
-using AdapterPtr = adapter_impl *;
 
 using EventImplPtr = std::shared_ptr<event_impl>;
 
diff --git a/sycl/source/detail/ur.cpp b/sycl/source/detail/ur.cpp
index 8f003bba5434..df3534c32060 100644
--- a/sycl/source/detail/ur.cpp
+++ b/sycl/source/detail/ur.cpp
@@ -96,7 +96,8 @@ static void initializeAdapters(std::vector<adapter_impl *> &Adapters,
 bool XPTIInitDone = false;
 
 // Initializes all available Adapters.
-std::vector<AdapterPtr> &initializeUr(ur_loader_config_handle_t LoaderConfig) {
+std::vector<adapter_impl *> &
+initializeUr(ur_loader_config_handle_t LoaderConfig) {
   // This uses static variable initialization to work around a gcc bug with
   // std::call_once and exceptions.
   // https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=66146
diff --git a/sycl/source/detail/ur.hpp b/sycl/source/detail/ur.hpp
index 62aea03c3d39..0262c2471820 100644
--- a/sycl/source/detail/ur.hpp
+++ b/sycl/source/detail/ur.hpp
@@ -25,13 +25,12 @@ inline namespace _V1 {
 enum class backend : char;
 namespace detail {
 class adapter_impl;
-using AdapterPtr = adapter_impl *;
 
 namespace ur {
 void *getURLoaderLibrary();
 
 // Performs UR one-time initialization.
-std::vector<AdapterPtr> &
+std::vector<adapter_impl *> &
 initializeUr(ur_loader_config_handle_t LoaderConfig = nullptr);
 
 // Get the adapter serving given backend.