diff --git a/doc/tutorial.rst b/doc/tutorial.rst
index 1066a7bbd..617aef6f8 100644
--- a/doc/tutorial.rst
+++ b/doc/tutorial.rst
@@ -1059,7 +1059,6 @@ earlier:
         acc_k = 0.0f;
       if (-1 + -16 * gid(0) + -1 * lid(0) + n >= 0)
         a_fetch[lid(0)] = a[16 * gid(0) + lid(0)];
-      barrier(CLK_LOCAL_MEM_FENCE) /* for a_fetch (insn_k_update depends on a_fetch_rule) */;
       if (-1 + -16 * gid(0) + -1 * lid(0) + n >= 0)
       {
         for (int k = 0; k <= 15; ++k)