diff --git a/Grid/lattice/Lattice_slicesum_core.h b/Grid/lattice/Lattice_slicesum_core.h
index 9c4cc051..187f2fb3 100644
--- a/Grid/lattice/Lattice_slicesum_core.h
+++ b/Grid/lattice/Lattice_slicesum_core.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #pragma once
-#include <type_traits>
+
 #if defined(GRID_CUDA)
 
 #include <cub/cub.cuh>
@@ -90,8 +90,61 @@ template<class vobj> inline void sliceSumReduction_cub_small(const vobj *Data, V
   
 
 }
+#endif 
 
-template<class vobj> inline void sliceSumReduction_cub_large(const vobj *Data, Vector<vobj> &lvSum, const int rd, const int e1, const int e2, const int stride, const int ostride, const int Nsimd) {
+
+#if defined(GRID_SYCL)
+template<class vobj> inline void sliceSumReduction_sycl_small(const vobj *Data, Vector <vobj> &lvSum, const int  &rd, const int &e1, const int &e2, const int &stride, const int &ostride, const int &Nsimd)
+{
+  size_t subvol_size = e1*e2;
+
+  vobj *mysum = (vobj *) malloc_shared(rd*sizeof(vobj),*theGridAccelerator);
+  vobj vobj_zero;
+  zeroit(vobj_zero);
+  for (int r = 0; r<rd; r++) { 
+    mysum[r] = vobj_zero; 
+  }
+
+  commVector<vobj> reduction_buffer(rd*subvol_size);    
+
+  auto rb_p = &reduction_buffer[0];
+
+  // autoView(Data_v, Data, AcceleratorRead);
+
+  //prepare reduction buffer 
+  accelerator_for2d( s,subvol_size, r,rd, (size_t)Nsimd,{ 
+  
+      int n = s / e2;
+      int b = s % e2;
+      int so=r*ostride; // base offset for start of plane 
+      int ss= so+n*stride+b;
+
+      coalescedWrite(rb_p[r*subvol_size+s], coalescedRead(Data[ss]));
+
+  });
+
+  for (int r = 0; r < rd; r++) {
+      theGridAccelerator->submit([&](cl::sycl::handler &cgh) {
+          auto Reduction = cl::sycl::reduction(&mysum[r],std::plus<>());
+          cgh.parallel_for(cl::sycl::range<1>{subvol_size},
+          Reduction,
+          [=](cl::sycl::id<1> item, auto &sum) {
+              auto s = item[0];
+              sum += rb_p[r*subvol_size+s];
+          });
+      });
+      
+     
+  }
+  theGridAccelerator->wait();
+  for (int r = 0; r < rd; r++) {
+    lvSum[r] = mysum[r];
+  }
+  free(mysum,*theGridAccelerator);
+}
+#endif
+
+template<class vobj> inline void sliceSumReduction_large(const vobj *Data, Vector<vobj> &lvSum, const int rd, const int e1, const int e2, const int stride, const int ostride, const int Nsimd) {
   typedef typename vobj::vector_type vector;
   const int words = sizeof(vobj)/sizeof(vector);
   const int osites = rd*e1*e2;
@@ -106,8 +159,12 @@ template<class vobj> inline void sliceSumReduction_cub_large(const vobj *Data, V
 	    buf[ss] = dat[ss*words+w];
     });
 
-    sliceSumReduction_cub_small(buf,lvSum_small,rd,e1,e2,stride, ostride,Nsimd);
-      
+    #if defined(GRID_CUDA) || defined(GRID_HIP)
+      sliceSumReduction_cub_small(buf,lvSum_small,rd,e1,e2,stride, ostride,Nsimd);
+    #elif defined(GRID_SYCL)
+      sliceSumReduction_sycl_small(buf,lvSum_small,rd,e1,e2,stride, ostride,Nsimd);
+    #endif
+
     for (int r = 0; r < rd; r++) {
       lvSum_ptr[w+words*r]=lvSum_small[r];
     }
@@ -117,66 +174,24 @@ template<class vobj> inline void sliceSumReduction_cub_large(const vobj *Data, V
   
 }
 
-template<class vobj> inline void sliceSumReduction_cub(const Lattice<vobj> &Data, Vector<vobj> &lvSum, const int rd, const int e1, const int e2, const int stride, const int ostride, const int Nsimd)
+template<class vobj> inline void sliceSumReduction_gpu(const Lattice<vobj> &Data, Vector<vobj> &lvSum, const int rd, const int e1, const int e2, const int stride, const int ostride, const int Nsimd)
 {
-  autoView(Data_v, Data, AcceleratorRead); //hipcub/cub cannot deal with large vobjs so we split into small/large case.
+  autoView(Data_v, Data, AcceleratorRead); //reduction libraries cannot deal with large vobjs so we split into small/large case.
     if constexpr (sizeof(vobj) <= 256) { 
-      sliceSumReduction_cub_small(&Data_v[0], lvSum, rd, e1, e2, stride, ostride, Nsimd);
+
+      #if defined(GRID_CUDA) || defined(GRID_HIP)
+        sliceSumReduction_cub_small(&Data_v[0], lvSum, rd, e1, e2, stride, ostride, Nsimd);
+      #elif defined (GRID_SYCL)
+        sliceSumReduction_sycl_small(&Data_v[0], lvSum, rd, e1, e2, stride, ostride, Nsimd);
+      #endif
+
     }
     else {
-      sliceSumReduction_cub_large(&Data_v[0], lvSum, rd, e1, e2, stride, ostride, Nsimd);
+      sliceSumReduction_large(&Data_v[0], lvSum, rd, e1, e2, stride, ostride, Nsimd);
     }
 }
-#endif
 
 
-#if defined(GRID_SYCL)
-template<class vobj> inline void sliceSumReduction_sycl(const Lattice<vobj> &Data, Vector <vobj> &lvSum, const int  &rd, const int &e1, const int &e2, const int &stride, const int &ostride, const int &Nsimd)
-{
-  typedef typename vobj::scalar_object sobj;
-  size_t subvol_size = e1*e2;
-
-  vobj *mysum = (vobj *) malloc_shared(sizeof(vobj),*theGridAccelerator);
-  vobj vobj_zero;
-  zeroit(vobj_zero);
-    
-  commVector<vobj> reduction_buffer(rd*subvol_size);    
-
-  auto rb_p = &reduction_buffer[0];
-
-  autoView(Data_v, Data, AcceleratorRead);
-
-  //prepare reduction buffer 
-  accelerator_for2d( s,subvol_size, r,rd, (size_t)Nsimd,{ 
-  
-      int n = s / e2;
-      int b = s % e2;
-      int so=r*ostride; // base offset for start of plane 
-      int ss= so+n*stride+b;
-
-      coalescedWrite(rb_p[r*subvol_size+s], coalescedRead(Data_v[ss]));
-
-  });
-
-  for (int r = 0; r < rd; r++) {
-      mysum[0] = vobj_zero; //dirty hack: cannot pass vobj_zero as identity to sycl::reduction as its not device_copyable
-      theGridAccelerator->submit([&](cl::sycl::handler &cgh) {
-          auto Reduction = cl::sycl::reduction(mysum,std::plus<>());
-          cgh.parallel_for(cl::sycl::range<1>{subvol_size},
-          Reduction,
-          [=](cl::sycl::id<1> item, auto &sum) {
-              auto s = item[0];
-              sum += rb_p[r*subvol_size+s];
-          });
-      });
-      theGridAccelerator->wait();
-      lvSum[r] = mysum[0];
-  }
-  
-  free(mysum,*theGridAccelerator);
-}
-#endif
-
 template<class vobj> inline void sliceSumReduction_cpu(const Lattice<vobj> &Data, Vector<vobj> &lvSum, const int &rd, const int &e1, const int &e2, const int &stride, const int &ostride, const int &Nsimd)
 {
   // sum over reduced dimension planes, breaking out orthog dir
@@ -195,13 +210,9 @@ template<class vobj> inline void sliceSumReduction_cpu(const Lattice<vobj> &Data
 
 template<class vobj> inline void sliceSumReduction(const Lattice<vobj> &Data, Vector<vobj> &lvSum, const int &rd, const int &e1, const int &e2, const int &stride, const int &ostride, const int &Nsimd) 
 {
-  #if defined(GRID_CUDA) || defined(GRID_HIP)
+  #if defined(GRID_CUDA) || defined(GRID_HIP) || defined(GRID_SYCL)
   
-  sliceSumReduction_cub(Data, lvSum, rd, e1, e2, stride, ostride, Nsimd);
-  
-  #elif defined(GRID_SYCL)
-  
-  sliceSumReduction_sycl(Data, lvSum, rd, e1, e2, stride, ostride, Nsimd);
+  sliceSumReduction_gpu(Data, lvSum, rd, e1, e2, stride, ostride, Nsimd);
   
   #else
   sliceSumReduction_cpu(Data, lvSum, rd, e1, e2, stride, ostride, Nsimd);