diff --git a/programming_examples/basic/matrix_multiplication/cascade/aie2_alt.py b/programming_examples/basic/matrix_multiplication/cascade/aie2_alt.py
index 044f79573d..3a524e7fcf 100644
--- a/programming_examples/basic/matrix_multiplication/cascade/aie2_alt.py
+++ b/programming_examples/basic/matrix_multiplication/cascade/aie2_alt.py
@@ -385,19 +385,6 @@ def sequence(A, B, C):
                         dma_start_task(a_task)
                         in_tasks.append(a_task)
 
-                        npu_dma_memcpy_nd(
-                            metadata=B_l3l2_fifos[col],
-                            bd_id=2 * tile_row + 2,
-                            mem=B,
-                            offsets=[0, 0, 0, B_col_offset],
-                            sizes=[
-                                N // n // n_aie_cols,
-                                K // k // n_aie_rows,
-                                k * n_aie_rows,
-                                n,
-                            ],
-                            strides=[n * n_aie_cols, k * n_aie_rows * N, N, 1],
-                        )
                         b_task = dma_configure_task_for(B_l3l2_fifos[col])
                         with bds(b_task) as bd:
                             with bd[0]:
diff --git a/programming_examples/basic/matrix_multiplication/matrix_vector/aie2_alt.py b/programming_examples/basic/matrix_multiplication/matrix_vector/aie2_alt.py
index ef7c12b071..d2ef580931 100644
--- a/programming_examples/basic/matrix_multiplication/matrix_vector/aie2_alt.py
+++ b/programming_examples/basic/matrix_multiplication/matrix_vector/aie2_alt.py
@@ -170,15 +170,6 @@ def sequence(A, B, C):
                     dma_start_task(a_task)
                     a_tasks.append(a_task)
 
-                    npu_dma_memcpy_nd(
-                        metadata=outC_fifos[i],
-                        bd_id=0,
-                        mem=C,
-                        offsets=[0, 0, 0, C_offset],
-                        sizes=[1, 1, 1, C_sz_div_n_cores],
-                        strides=[0, 0, 0, 1],
-                    )
-
                     c_task = dma_configure_task_for(outC_fifos[i], issue_token=True)
                     with bds(c_task) as bd:
                         with bd[0]:
diff --git a/programming_examples/ml/eltwise_mul/aie2_alt.py b/programming_examples/ml/eltwise_mul/aie2_alt.py
index 260d7b76d3..6a01424107 100644
--- a/programming_examples/ml/eltwise_mul/aie2_alt.py
+++ b/programming_examples/ml/eltwise_mul/aie2_alt.py
@@ -143,11 +143,6 @@ def sequence(A, B, C):
                     size=trace_size,
                     offset=N_in_bytes,
                 )
-            npu_dma_memcpy_nd(metadata=inA, bd_id=1, mem=A, sizes=[1, 1, 1, N])
-            npu_dma_memcpy_nd(metadata=inB, bd_id=2, mem=B, sizes=[1, 1, 1, N])
-            npu_dma_memcpy_nd(metadata=outC, bd_id=0, mem=C, sizes=[1, 1, 1, N])
-            # outC will only complete after inA and inB complete, so we just wait on outC instead of all
-            dma_wait(outC)
 
             in_a_task = dma_configure_task_for(inA)
             with bds(in_a_task) as bd: