diff --git a/sycl/include/CL/sycl/detail/buffer_impl.hpp b/sycl/include/CL/sycl/detail/buffer_impl.hpp
index f9c06b96709eb..e1a7e5e5be324 100644
--- a/sycl/include/CL/sycl/detail/buffer_impl.hpp
+++ b/sycl/include/CL/sycl/detail/buffer_impl.hpp
@@ -80,12 +80,6 @@ class buffer_impl final : public SYCLMemObjT {
               unique_ptr_class<SYCLMemObjAllocator> Allocator)
       : BaseT(SizeInBytes, Props, std::move(Allocator)) {
     BaseT::handleHostData(First, Last, RequiredAlign);
-    // TODO: There is contradiction in the spec, in one place it says
-    // the data is not copied back at all if the buffer is construted
-    // using this c'tor, another section says that the data will be
-    // copied back if iterators passed are not const ( 4.7.2.3 Buffer
-    // Synchronization Rules and this constructor description)
-    BaseT::set_final_data(First);
   }
 
   template <typename T>
diff --git a/sycl/test/basic_tests/buffer/buffer.cpp b/sycl/test/basic_tests/buffer/buffer.cpp
index 2521a20c85358..abb74059a104a 100644
--- a/sycl/test/basic_tests/buffer/buffer.cpp
+++ b/sycl/test/basic_tests/buffer/buffer.cpp
@@ -434,13 +434,9 @@ int main() {
             range<1>{3}, [=](id<1> index) { B[index] = 20; });
       });
     }
-    // Data is copied back in the desctruction of the buffer created from
-    // pair of non-const iterators
-    for (int i = 0; i < 2; i++)
-      assert(data1[i] == -1);
-    for (int i = 2; i < 5; i++)
-      assert(data1[i] == 20);
-    for (int i = 5; i < 10; i++)
+    // Data is not copied back in the destruction of the buffer created
+    // from a pair of non-const iterators
+    for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++)
       assert(data1[i] == -1);
   }