diff --git a/compilation/HostTranslation.cpp b/compilation/HostTranslation.cpp
index 7d25df1..4354e50 100644
--- a/compilation/HostTranslation.cpp
+++ b/compilation/HostTranslation.cpp
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #include "ReplaceConstantMemory.h"
 #include "ReplaceCudaBuiltin.h"
 #include "ReplaceKernelArgs.h"
+#include "RemoveMetadata.h"
 #include "tool.h"
 #include "llvm/IR/Module.h"
 #include "llvm/IR/Verifier.h"
@@ -26,6 +27,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
   // load LLVM module(s)
   llvm::Module *hostModule = LoadModuleFromFilr(input_host_path);
   VerifyModule(hostModule);
+  // remove metadata
+  RemoveMetadata(hostModule);
   // replace const memory
   ReplaceConstantMemory(hostModule, fin);
   // process host module
diff --git a/compilation/HostTranslation/include/x86/RemoveMetadata.h b/compilation/HostTranslation/include/x86/RemoveMetadata.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69f108
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compilation/HostTranslation/include/x86/RemoveMetadata.h
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#ifndef __NVVM2x86_REMOVE_METADATA__
+#define __NVVM2x86_REMOVE_METADATA__
+
+#include "llvm/IR/Module.h"
+
+// remove metadata, e.g., optnone
+void RemoveMetadata(llvm::Module *M);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/compilation/HostTranslation/src/x86/RemoveMetadata.cpp b/compilation/HostTranslation/src/x86/RemoveMetadata.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..93d748f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compilation/HostTranslation/src/x86/RemoveMetadata.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#include "RemoveMetadata.h"
+#include "llvm/IR/Function.h"
+#include "llvm/IR/GlobalValue.h"
+#include "llvm/IR/IRBuilder.h"
+#include "llvm/IR/Instructions.h"
+#include "llvm/IR/LLVMContext.h"
+#include "llvm/IR/Module.h"
+#include "llvm/Support/ToolOutputFile.h"
+#include <iostream>
+
+using namespace llvm;
+
+void RemoveMetadata(llvm::Module *M) {
+  SmallVector<std::pair<unsigned, MDNode *>, 4> MDs;
+  for (Module::iterator i = M->begin(), e = M->end(); i != e; ++i) {
+    Function *F = &(*i);
+    F->getAllMetadata(MDs);
+    for (auto &MD : MDs) {
+      F->setMetadata(MD.first, NULL);
+    }
+    F->removeFnAttr(llvm::Attribute::NoInline);
+    F->removeFnAttr("min-legal-vector-width");
+    F->removeFnAttr("no-trapping-math");
+    F->removeFnAttr(llvm::Attribute::OptimizeNone);
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/compilation/KernelTranslation/src/x86/init.cpp b/compilation/KernelTranslation/src/x86/init.cpp
index 541994a..988e0a5 100644
--- a/compilation/KernelTranslation/src/x86/init.cpp
+++ b/compilation/KernelTranslation/src/x86/init.cpp
@@ -173,6 +173,10 @@ void remove_metadata(llvm::Module *M) {
     }
     F->removeFnAttr("target-features");
     F->removeFnAttr("target-cpu");
+    F->removeFnAttr(llvm::Attribute::NoInline);
+    F->removeFnAttr("min-legal-vector-width");
+    F->removeFnAttr("no-trapping-math");
+    F->removeFnAttr(llvm::Attribute::OptimizeNone);
   }
 }