diff --git a/opencl/source/api/api.cpp b/opencl/source/api/api.cpp
index 2d233f29ae..abcf9f58bc 100644
--- a/opencl/source/api/api.cpp
+++ b/opencl/source/api/api.cpp
@@ -2892,22 +2892,19 @@ cl_int CL_API_CALL clEnqueueReadImage(cl_command_queue commandQueue,
             TRACING_EXIT(ClEnqueueReadImage, &retVal);
             return retVal;
         }
-        if (pCommandQueue->isValidForStagingTransferImage(pImage, ptr, numEventsInWaitList > 0)) {
-            retVal = pCommandQueue->enqueueStagingReadImage(pImage, blockingRead, origin, region, rowPitch, slicePitch, ptr, event);
-        } else {
-            retVal = pCommandQueue->enqueueReadImage(
-                pImage,
-                blockingRead,
-                origin,
-                region,
-                rowPitch,
-                slicePitch,
-                ptr,
-                nullptr,
-                numEventsInWaitList,
-                eventWaitList,
-                event);
-        }
+
+        retVal = pCommandQueue->enqueueReadImage(
+            pImage,
+            blockingRead,
+            origin,
+            region,
+            rowPitch,
+            slicePitch,
+            ptr,
+            nullptr,
+            numEventsInWaitList,
+            eventWaitList,
+            event);
     }
     DBG_LOG_INPUTS("event", getClFileLogger().getEvents(reinterpret_cast<const uintptr_t *>(event), 1u));
     TRACING_EXIT(ClEnqueueReadImage, &retVal);
diff --git a/opencl/test/unit_test/api/cl_enqueue_read_image_tests.inl b/opencl/test/unit_test/api/cl_enqueue_read_image_tests.inl
index 36e0625b62..03db46de23 100644
--- a/opencl/test/unit_test/api/cl_enqueue_read_image_tests.inl
+++ b/opencl/test/unit_test/api/cl_enqueue_read_image_tests.inl
@@ -205,33 +205,4 @@ TEST_F(ClEnqueueReadImageYuv, GivenInvalidRegionWhenReadingYuvImageThenInvalidVa
     retVal = clReleaseMemObject(image);
     EXPECT_EQ(CL_SUCCESS, retVal);
 }
-
-TEST_F(ClEnqueueReadImageTests, givenStagingEnabledWhenEnqueueReadImageCalledThenReadSuccesfullAndStagingBufferAllocated) {
-    DebugManagerStateRestore restorer;
-    debugManager.flags.EnableCopyWithStagingBuffers.set(1);
-    imageFormat.image_channel_order = CL_RGBA;
-    auto image = Image::validateAndCreateImage(pContext, nullptr, CL_MEM_READ_WRITE, 0, &imageFormat, &imageDesc, nullptr, retVal);
-    ASSERT_EQ(CL_SUCCESS, retVal);
-    EXPECT_NE(nullptr, image);
-    const size_t origin[] = {2, 2, 0};
-    const size_t region[] = {2, 2, 1};
-    char nonUsmPtr[1024];
-    auto retVal = clEnqueueReadImage(
-        pCommandQueue,
-        image,
-        false,
-        origin,
-        region,
-        0,
-        0,
-        nonUsmPtr,
-        0,
-        nullptr,
-        nullptr);
-    auto unifiedMemoryManager = pContext->getSVMAllocsManager();
-    EXPECT_EQ(1u, unifiedMemoryManager->getNumAllocs());
-    EXPECT_EQ(CL_SUCCESS, retVal);
-    retVal = clReleaseMemObject(image);
-    EXPECT_EQ(CL_SUCCESS, retVal);
-}
 } // namespace ULT