diff --git a/examples/curve-pot.py b/examples/curve-pot.py
index c6402352ff940af14d6861714035eae02edfbaed..c1c11366224ce7f05eb937469852b843ab556cf0 100644
--- a/examples/curve-pot.py
+++ b/examples/curve-pot.py
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ def draw_pot_figure(aspect_ratio,
     from sumpy.array_context import PyOpenCLArrayContext
     ctx = cl.create_some_context()
     queue = cl.CommandQueue(ctx)
-    actx = PyOpenCLArrayContext(queue, force_device_scalars=True)
+    actx = PyOpenCLArrayContext(queue)
 
     # {{{ make plot targets
 
diff --git a/examples/expansion-toys.py b/examples/expansion-toys.py
index c7052fe362168fe2824d4eafd17ef0d4d5721855..b61aafcf5d3dcf0c70de5c02aab2a48a8a74b76a 100644
--- a/examples/expansion-toys.py
+++ b/examples/expansion-toys.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ def main():
     from sumpy.array_context import PyOpenCLArrayContext
     ctx = cl.create_some_context()
     queue = cl.CommandQueue(ctx)
-    actx = PyOpenCLArrayContext(queue, force_device_scalars=True)
+    actx = PyOpenCLArrayContext(queue)
 
     tctx = t.ToyContext(
             actx.context,
diff --git a/examples/sym-exp-complexity.py b/examples/sym-exp-complexity.py
index 9dfbfb442e8ccc8e38a88e2cf4c020df752fa5c9..c0d0c816387f6e57ccb0e708fc7a0b4c40bcc59e 100644
--- a/examples/sym-exp-complexity.py
+++ b/examples/sym-exp-complexity.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ def find_flops():
     from sumpy.array_context import PyOpenCLArrayContext
     ctx = cl.create_some_context()
     queue = cl.CommandQueue(ctx)
-    actx = PyOpenCLArrayContext(queue, force_device_scalars=True)
+    actx = PyOpenCLArrayContext(queue)
 
     if 0:
         knl = LaplaceKernel(2)
diff --git a/sumpy/array_context.py b/sumpy/array_context.py
index eddfb2cc805ab9a69018a183b6038987c23c8603..cc54048a8ac2a77ada093cc1b6815d1b7fd85a5e 100644
--- a/sumpy/array_context.py
+++ b/sumpy/array_context.py
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ def _acf():
     ctx = cl.create_some_context()
     queue = cl.CommandQueue(ctx)
 
-    return PyOpenCLArrayContext(queue, force_device_scalars=True)
+    return PyOpenCLArrayContext(queue)
 
 
 class PytestPyOpenCLArrayContextFactory(
diff --git a/test/test_fmm.py b/test/test_fmm.py
index 525046e0c3f7d9a42b0084b378600b8766470bec..d85eafe60d1f79630f5cbfb3c25f92fb96577a88 100644
--- a/test/test_fmm.py
+++ b/test/test_fmm.py
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ def test_sumpy_fmm_timing_data_collection(ctx_factory, use_fft, visualize=False)
     ctx = ctx_factory()
     queue = cl.CommandQueue(ctx,
         properties=cl.command_queue_properties.PROFILING_ENABLE)
-    actx = PyOpenCLArrayContext(queue, force_device_scalars=True)
+    actx = PyOpenCLArrayContext(queue)
 
     nsources = 500
     dtype = np.float64