diff --git a/boxtree/array_context.py b/boxtree/array_context.py
index 74e60eda2980d437789adfb62e559b1d9b537763..c4864f634708d15c98c2446d5d34821a1e1ed6d5 100644
--- a/boxtree/array_context.py
+++ b/boxtree/array_context.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ def _acf():
     ctx = cl.create_some_context()
     queue = cl.CommandQueue(ctx)
 
-    return PyOpenCLArrayContext(queue, force_device_scalars=True)
+    return PyOpenCLArrayContext(queue)
 
 
 class PyOpenCLArrayContext(PyOpenCLArrayContextBase):