diff --git a/interface/syrk.c b/interface/syrk.c
index 7dc87e044..7699db683 100644
--- a/interface/syrk.c
+++ b/interface/syrk.c
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ void NAME(char *UPLO, char *TRANS,
   FLOAT *sa, *sb;
 
 #ifdef SMP
+#ifdef USE_SIMPLE_THREADED_LEVEL3
 #ifndef COMPLEX
 #ifdef XDOUBLE
   int mode  =  BLAS_XDOUBLE | BLAS_REAL;
@@ -118,6 +119,7 @@ void NAME(char *UPLO, char *TRANS,
   int mode  =  BLAS_SINGLE  | BLAS_COMPLEX;
 #endif
 #endif
+#endif
 #endif
 
   blasint info;
@@ -223,6 +225,7 @@ void CNAME(enum CBLAS_ORDER order, enum CBLAS_UPLO Uplo, enum CBLAS_TRANSPOSE Tr
   FLOAT *sa, *sb;
 
 #ifdef SMP
+#ifdef USE_SIMPLE_THREADED_LEVEL3
 #ifndef COMPLEX
 #ifdef XDOUBLE
   int mode  =  BLAS_XDOUBLE | BLAS_REAL;
@@ -240,6 +243,7 @@ void CNAME(enum CBLAS_ORDER order, enum CBLAS_UPLO Uplo, enum CBLAS_TRANSPOSE Tr
   int mode  =  BLAS_SINGLE  | BLAS_COMPLEX;
 #endif
 #endif
+#endif
 #endif
 
   PRINT_DEBUG_CNAME;
@@ -340,13 +344,14 @@ void CNAME(enum CBLAS_ORDER order, enum CBLAS_UPLO Uplo, enum CBLAS_TRANSPOSE Tr
   sb = (FLOAT *)(((BLASLONG)sa + ((GEMM_P * GEMM_Q * COMPSIZE * SIZE + GEMM_ALIGN) & ~GEMM_ALIGN)) + GEMM_OFFSET_B);
 
 #ifdef SMP
+#ifdef USE_SIMPLE_THREADED_LEVEL3
   if (!trans){
     mode |= (BLAS_TRANSA_N | BLAS_TRANSB_T);
   } else {
     mode |= (BLAS_TRANSA_T | BLAS_TRANSB_N);
   }
-
   mode |= (uplo  << BLAS_UPLO_SHIFT);
+#endif
 
   args.common = NULL;
   args.nthreads = num_cpu_avail(3);