diff --git a/src/utilities/device_mapping.hpp b/src/utilities/device_mapping.hpp
index 7fdc04a0..c814622f 100644
--- a/src/utilities/device_mapping.hpp
+++ b/src/utilities/device_mapping.hpp
@@ -43,6 +43,11 @@ const std::unordered_map<std::string, std::string> kDeviceNames {
   // Empty
 };
 
+// Things to remove from device names (low-level)
+const std::vector<std::string> kDeviceRemovals {
+  "pthread-"
+};
+
 // =================================================================================================
 } // namespace device_mapping
 } // namespace clblast
diff --git a/src/utilities/utilities.cpp b/src/utilities/utilities.cpp
index 2008b6a3..a8fdaa19 100644
--- a/src/utilities/utilities.cpp
+++ b/src/utilities/utilities.cpp
@@ -477,6 +477,14 @@ std::string GetDeviceName(const Device& device) {
   for (auto &find_and_replace : device_mapping::kDeviceNames) { // replacing to common names
     if (device_name == find_and_replace.first) { device_name = find_and_replace.second; }
   }
+
+  for (auto &removal : device_mapping::kDeviceRemovals) { // removing certain things
+    if (device_name.find(removal) != std::string::npos) {
+      auto start_position_to_erase = device_name.find(removal);
+      device_name.erase(start_position_to_erase, removal.length());
+    }
+  }
+
   return device_name;
 }