diff --git a/openmp/libomptarget/DeviceRTL/include/Interface.h b/openmp/libomptarget/DeviceRTL/include/Interface.h
--- a/openmp/libomptarget/DeviceRTL/include/Interface.h
+++ b/openmp/libomptarget/DeviceRTL/include/Interface.h
@@ -280,12 +280,6 @@
 /// TODO
 void __kmpc_kernel_end_parallel();
 
-/// TODO
-void __kmpc_serialized_parallel(IdentTy *Loc, uint32_t);
-
-/// TODO
-void __kmpc_end_serialized_parallel(IdentTy *Loc, uint32_t);
-
 /// TODO
 void __kmpc_push_proc_bind(IdentTy *Loc, uint32_t TId, int ProcBind);
 
diff --git a/openmp/libomptarget/DeviceRTL/src/Parallelism.cpp b/openmp/libomptarget/DeviceRTL/src/Parallelism.cpp
--- a/openmp/libomptarget/DeviceRTL/src/Parallelism.cpp
+++ b/openmp/libomptarget/DeviceRTL/src/Parallelism.cpp
@@ -85,9 +85,10 @@
   uint32_t TId = mapping::getThreadIdInBlock();
   // Handle the serialized case first, same for SPMD/non-SPMD.
   if (OMP_UNLIKELY(!if_expr || icv::Level)) {
-    __kmpc_serialized_parallel(ident, TId);
+    state::enterDataEnvironment();
+    ++icv::Level;
     invokeMicrotask(TId, 0, fn, args, nargs);
-    __kmpc_end_serialized_parallel(ident, TId);
+    state::exitDataEnvironment();
     return;
   }
 
@@ -192,15 +193,6 @@
   ASSERT(!mapping::isSPMDMode());
 }
 
-void __kmpc_serialized_parallel(IdentTy *, uint32_t TId) {
-  state::enterDataEnvironment();
-  ++icv::Level;
-}
-
-void __kmpc_end_serialized_parallel(IdentTy *, uint32_t TId) {
-  state::exitDataEnvironment();
-}
-
 uint16_t __kmpc_parallel_level(IdentTy *, uint32_t) { return omp_get_level(); }
 
 int32_t __kmpc_global_thread_num(IdentTy *) { return omp_get_thread_num(); }
diff --git a/openmp/libomptarget/deviceRTLs/common/src/parallel.cu b/openmp/libomptarget/deviceRTLs/common/src/parallel.cu
--- a/openmp/libomptarget/deviceRTLs/common/src/parallel.cu
+++ b/openmp/libomptarget/deviceRTLs/common/src/parallel.cu
@@ -177,8 +177,8 @@
 // support for parallel that goes sequential
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
-EXTERN void __kmpc_serialized_parallel(kmp_Ident *loc, uint32_t global_tid) {
-  PRINT0(LD_IO, "call to __kmpc_serialized_parallel\n");
+static void serializedParallel(kmp_Ident *loc, uint32_t global_tid) {
+  PRINT0(LD_IO, "call to serializedParallel\n");
 
   IncParallelLevel(/*ActiveParallel=*/false, __kmpc_impl_activemask());
 
@@ -215,9 +215,9 @@
                                                              newTaskDescr);
 }
 
-EXTERN void __kmpc_end_serialized_parallel(kmp_Ident *loc,
+static void endSerializedParallel(kmp_Ident *loc,
                                            uint32_t global_tid) {
-  PRINT0(LD_IO, "call to __kmpc_end_serialized_parallel\n");
+  PRINT0(LD_IO, "call to endSerializedParallel\n");
 
   DecParallelLevel(/*ActiveParallel=*/false, __kmpc_impl_activemask());
 
@@ -293,9 +293,9 @@
   bool InParallelRegion =
       (__kmpc_parallel_level() > __kmpc_is_spmd_exec_mode());
   if (!if_expr || InParallelRegion) {
-    __kmpc_serialized_parallel(ident, global_tid);
+    serializedParallel(ident, global_tid);
     __kmp_invoke_microtask(global_tid, 0, fn, args, nargs);
-    __kmpc_end_serialized_parallel(ident, global_tid);
+    endSerializedParallel(ident, global_tid);
     return;
   }
 
diff --git a/openmp/libomptarget/deviceRTLs/interface.h b/openmp/libomptarget/deviceRTLs/interface.h
--- a/openmp/libomptarget/deviceRTLs/interface.h
+++ b/openmp/libomptarget/deviceRTLs/interface.h
@@ -222,8 +222,6 @@
 EXTERN int32_t __kmpc_global_thread_num(kmp_Ident *loc);
 EXTERN void __kmpc_push_num_threads(kmp_Ident *loc, int32_t global_tid,
                                     int32_t num_threads);
-EXTERN void __kmpc_serialized_parallel(kmp_Ident *loc, uint32_t global_tid);
-EXTERN void __kmpc_end_serialized_parallel(kmp_Ident *loc, uint32_t global_tid);
 NOINLINE EXTERN uint8_t __kmpc_parallel_level();
 
 // proc bind