diff --git a/example/ck_tile/18_multi_d_gemm/run_multi_d_gemm_example.inc b/example/ck_tile/18_multi_d_gemm/run_multi_d_gemm_example.inc
index 4868f34ce6..4511a0b895 100644
--- a/example/ck_tile/18_multi_d_gemm/run_multi_d_gemm_example.inc
+++ b/example/ck_tile/18_multi_d_gemm/run_multi_d_gemm_example.inc
@@ -16,21 +16,21 @@ template <typename ADataType,
           typename CDEElementWise = ck_tile::element_wise::PassThrough>
 float invoke_multi_d_gemm(const void* a_m_k_dev_buf,
                           const void* b_k_n_dev_buf,
-                          const std::array<const void*, DsDataType::size()>& ds_m_n_dev_buf,
+                          const void* ds_m_n_dev_buf,
                           void* c_m_n_dev_buf,
                           ck_tile::index_t M,
                           ck_tile::index_t N,
                           ck_tile::index_t K,
                           ck_tile::index_t StrideA,
                           ck_tile::index_t StrideB,
-                          const std::array<ck_tile::index_t, DsDataType::size()>& StrideDs,
+                          const ck_tile::index_t* StrideDs,
                           ck_tile::index_t StrideC,
                           int n_warmup,
                           int n_repeat)
 {
     multiple_d_gemm_kargs gemm_descs({a_m_k_dev_buf,
                                       b_k_n_dev_buf,
-                                      ds_m_n_dev_buf.data(),
+                                      ds_m_n_dev_buf,
                                       c_m_n_dev_buf,
                                       /*kbatch */ 1,
                                       M,
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ float invoke_multi_d_gemm(const void* a_m_k_dev_buf,
                                       K,
                                       StrideA,
                                       StrideB,
-                                      StrideDs.data(),
+                                      StrideDs,
                                       StrideC});
 
     float ave_time = multiple_d_gemm<ADataType,
@@ -165,14 +165,14 @@ int run_multiple_d_gemm_example_with_layouts(int argc,
                         CLayout,
                         CDEElementWiseFn>(a_m_k_dev_buf.GetDeviceBuffer(),
                                           b_k_n_dev_buf.GetDeviceBuffer(),
-                                          ds_ptr_buf,
+                                          ds_ptr_buf.data(),
                                           c_m_n_dev_buf.GetDeviceBuffer(),
                                           M,
                                           N,
                                           K,
                                           StrideA,
                                           StrideB,
-                                          stridesDs,
+                                          stridesDs.data(),
                                           StrideC,
                                           n_warmup,
                                           n_repeat);
diff --git a/include/ck_tile/ops/gemm/kernel/gemm_kernel.hpp b/include/ck_tile/ops/gemm/kernel/gemm_kernel.hpp
index 9b118783f6..a817f191de 100644
--- a/include/ck_tile/ops/gemm/kernel/gemm_kernel.hpp
+++ b/include/ck_tile/ops/gemm/kernel/gemm_kernel.hpp
@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@ struct GemmKernel
     // Below type is actually accumulation data type - the output of block GEMM.
     using CDataType = remove_cvref_t<typename EpiloguePipeline::ODataType>;
 
-    using Empty_Tuple                   = ck_tile::tuple<>;
     static constexpr index_t NumDTensor = DsDataType::size();
 
     static constexpr auto I0 = number<0>();