diff --git a/environment.yml b/environment.yml
index 4c09d7c2f2..7789e8ddf2 100644
--- a/environment.yml
+++ b/environment.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ channels:
   - defaults
   - dppy/label/dev
   - numba
-  - intel
   - numba/label/dev
   - nodefaults
 dependencies:
diff --git a/numba_dpex/kernel_api_impl/spirv/dispatcher.py b/numba_dpex/kernel_api_impl/spirv/dispatcher.py
index 92224d9c28..fa2b9bfad7 100644
--- a/numba_dpex/kernel_api_impl/spirv/dispatcher.py
+++ b/numba_dpex/kernel_api_impl/spirv/dispatcher.py
@@ -363,9 +363,6 @@ def add_overload(self, cres):
         self.overloads[args] = cres
 
     def compile(self, sig) -> any:
-        disp = self._get_dispatcher_for_current_target()
-        if disp is not self:
-            return disp.compile(sig)
 
         with ExitStack() as scope:
             cres = None
diff --git a/numba_dpex/kernel_api_impl/spirv/target.py b/numba_dpex/kernel_api_impl/spirv/target.py
index 379a76b92d..196ff814e9 100644
--- a/numba_dpex/kernel_api_impl/spirv/target.py
+++ b/numba_dpex/kernel_api_impl/spirv/target.py
@@ -293,7 +293,23 @@ def load_additional_registries(self):
         target context.
 
         """
-        # pylint: disable=import-outside-toplevel
+        # pylint: disable=import-outside-toplevel, unused-import, too-many-locals
+        from numba.cpython import (
+            builtins,
+            charseq,
+            enumimpl,
+            hashing,
+            heapq,
+            iterators,
+            listobj,
+            numbers,
+            rangeobj,
+            setobj,
+            slicing,
+            tupleobj,
+            unicode,
+        )
+
         from numba_dpex.dpctl_iface import dpctlimpl
         from numba_dpex.dpnp_iface import dpnpimpl
 
diff --git a/numba_dpex/tests/dpjit_tests/dpnp/test_dpnp_empty.py b/numba_dpex/tests/dpjit_tests/dpnp/test_dpnp_empty.py
index 4808bf3f9b..37b7e0b0d3 100644
--- a/numba_dpex/tests/dpjit_tests/dpnp/test_dpnp_empty.py
+++ b/numba_dpex/tests/dpjit_tests/dpnp/test_dpnp_empty.py
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ def func(shape, queue):
         )
         return c
 
-    with pytest.raises(errors.TypingError):
+    with pytest.raises((errors.TypingError, TypeError)):
         queue = dpctl.SyclQueue()
         func(10, queue)
 
diff --git a/numba_dpex/tests/dpjit_tests/dpnp/test_dpnp_empty_like.py b/numba_dpex/tests/dpjit_tests/dpnp/test_dpnp_empty_like.py
index e1cc0b209b..be81f6478c 100644
--- a/numba_dpex/tests/dpjit_tests/dpnp/test_dpnp_empty_like.py
+++ b/numba_dpex/tests/dpjit_tests/dpnp/test_dpnp_empty_like.py
@@ -154,13 +154,10 @@ def func1(x, queue):
         y = dpnp.empty_like(x, sycl_queue=queue, device=device)
         return y
 
-    try:
+    with pytest.raises((errors.TypingError, TypeError)):
         queue = dpctl.SyclQueue()
         a = dpnp.ones(10, dtype=dpnp.float32)
         func1(a, queue)
-    except Exception as e:
-        assert isinstance(e, errors.TypingError)
-        assert "`device` and `sycl_queue` are exclusive keywords" in str(e)
 
     @dpjit
     def func2(x):
diff --git a/numba_dpex/tests/dpjit_tests/dpnp/test_dpnp_full.py b/numba_dpex/tests/dpjit_tests/dpnp/test_dpnp_full.py
index cc15906a8d..867b502348 100644
--- a/numba_dpex/tests/dpjit_tests/dpnp/test_dpnp_full.py
+++ b/numba_dpex/tests/dpjit_tests/dpnp/test_dpnp_full.py
@@ -178,9 +178,6 @@ def func(shape, fill_value, queue):
         c = dpnp.ones(shape, fill_value, sycl_queue=queue, device=device)
         return c
 
-    try:
+    with pytest.raises((errors.TypingError, TypeError)):
         queue = dpctl.SyclQueue()
         func(10, 7, queue)
-    except Exception as e:
-        assert isinstance(e, errors.TypingError)
-        assert "`device` and `sycl_queue` are exclusive keywords" in str(e)
diff --git a/numba_dpex/tests/dpjit_tests/dpnp/test_dpnp_full_like.py b/numba_dpex/tests/dpjit_tests/dpnp/test_dpnp_full_like.py
index b466b92575..16b436c7f9 100644
--- a/numba_dpex/tests/dpjit_tests/dpnp/test_dpnp_full_like.py
+++ b/numba_dpex/tests/dpjit_tests/dpnp/test_dpnp_full_like.py
@@ -195,13 +195,10 @@ def func1(x, fill_value, queue):
         y = dpnp.full_like(x, 7, sycl_queue=queue, device=device)
         return y
 
-    try:
+    with pytest.raises((errors.TypingError, TypeError)):
         queue = dpctl.SyclQueue()
         a = dpnp.zeros(10)
         func1(a, 7, queue)
-    except Exception as e:
-        assert isinstance(e, errors.TypingError)
-        assert "`device` and `sycl_queue` are exclusive keywords" in str(e)
 
     @dpjit
     def func2(x, fill_value):
@@ -241,11 +238,5 @@ def func(shape, fill_value):
         x = dpnp.full_like(shape, fill_value)
         return x
 
-    try:
+    with pytest.raises((errors.TypingError, AttributeError)):
         func(shape, 7)
-    except Exception as e:
-        assert isinstance(e, errors.TypingError)
-        assert (
-            "No implementation of function Function(<function full_like"
-            in str(e)
-        )
diff --git a/numba_dpex/tests/dpjit_tests/dpnp/test_dpnp_ones.py b/numba_dpex/tests/dpjit_tests/dpnp/test_dpnp_ones.py
index 07706d34bf..0a1ac6605c 100644
--- a/numba_dpex/tests/dpjit_tests/dpnp/test_dpnp_ones.py
+++ b/numba_dpex/tests/dpjit_tests/dpnp/test_dpnp_ones.py
@@ -129,9 +129,6 @@ def func(shape, queue):
         c = dpnp.ones(shape, sycl_queue=queue, device=device)
         return c
 
-    try:
+    with pytest.raises((errors.TypingError, TypeError)):
         queue = dpctl.SyclQueue()
         func(10, queue)
-    except Exception as e:
-        assert isinstance(e, errors.TypingError)
-        assert "`device` and `sycl_queue` are exclusive keywords" in str(e)
diff --git a/numba_dpex/tests/dpjit_tests/dpnp/test_dpnp_ones_like.py b/numba_dpex/tests/dpjit_tests/dpnp/test_dpnp_ones_like.py
index ca5070c144..ba1cfc5c64 100644
--- a/numba_dpex/tests/dpjit_tests/dpnp/test_dpnp_ones_like.py
+++ b/numba_dpex/tests/dpjit_tests/dpnp/test_dpnp_ones_like.py
@@ -152,13 +152,10 @@ def func1(x, queue):
         y = dpnp.ones_like(x, sycl_queue=queue, device=device)
         return y
 
-    try:
+    with pytest.raises((errors.TypingError, TypeError)):
         queue = dpctl.SyclQueue()
         a = dpnp.zeros(10, dtype=dpnp.float32)
         func1(a, queue)
-    except Exception as e:
-        assert isinstance(e, errors.TypingError)
-        assert "`device` and `sycl_queue` are exclusive keywords" in str(e)
 
     @dpjit
     def func2(x):
@@ -198,11 +195,5 @@ def func(shape):
         x = dpnp.ones_like(shape)
         return x
 
-    try:
+    with pytest.raises((errors.TypingError, TypeError)):
         func(shape)
-    except Exception as e:
-        assert isinstance(e, errors.TypingError)
-        assert (
-            "No implementation of function Function(<function ones_like"
-            in str(e)
-        )
diff --git a/numba_dpex/tests/dpjit_tests/dpnp/test_dpnp_zeros.py b/numba_dpex/tests/dpjit_tests/dpnp/test_dpnp_zeros.py
index e301587114..c0b715ec08 100644
--- a/numba_dpex/tests/dpjit_tests/dpnp/test_dpnp_zeros.py
+++ b/numba_dpex/tests/dpjit_tests/dpnp/test_dpnp_zeros.py
@@ -130,9 +130,6 @@ def func(shape, queue):
         c = dpnp.zeros(shape, sycl_queue=queue, device=device)
         return c
 
-    try:
+    with pytest.raises((errors.TypingError, TypeError)):
         queue = dpctl.SyclQueue()
         func(10, queue)
-    except Exception as e:
-        assert isinstance(e, errors.TypingError)
-        assert "`device` and `sycl_queue` are exclusive keywords" in str(e)
diff --git a/numba_dpex/tests/dpjit_tests/dpnp/test_dpnp_zeros_like.py b/numba_dpex/tests/dpjit_tests/dpnp/test_dpnp_zeros_like.py
index 3cb15cc315..6d02ac2c14 100644
--- a/numba_dpex/tests/dpjit_tests/dpnp/test_dpnp_zeros_like.py
+++ b/numba_dpex/tests/dpjit_tests/dpnp/test_dpnp_zeros_like.py
@@ -153,13 +153,10 @@ def func1(x, queue):
         y = dpnp.zeros_like(x, sycl_queue=queue, device=device)
         return y
 
-    try:
+    with pytest.raises((errors.TypingError, TypeError)):
         queue = dpctl.SyclQueue()
         a = dpnp.ones(10, dtype=dpnp.float32)
         func1(a, queue)
-    except Exception as e:
-        assert isinstance(e, errors.TypingError)
-        assert "`device` and `sycl_queue` are exclusive keywords" in str(e)
 
     @dpjit
     def func2(x):
@@ -199,11 +196,5 @@ def func(shape):
         x = dpnp.zeros_like(shape)
         return x
 
-    try:
+    with pytest.raises((errors.TypingError, TypeError)):
         func(shape)
-    except Exception as e:
-        assert isinstance(e, errors.TypingError)
-        assert (
-            "No implementation of function Function(<function zeros_like"
-            in str(e)
-        )
diff --git a/numba_dpex/tests/dpjit_tests/test_dpex_target_overload_isolation.py b/numba_dpex/tests/dpjit_tests/test_dpex_target_overload_isolation.py
index 19490054ee..0c488b2a7e 100644
--- a/numba_dpex/tests/dpjit_tests/test_dpex_target_overload_isolation.py
+++ b/numba_dpex/tests/dpjit_tests/test_dpex_target_overload_isolation.py
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ def intrinsic_bar():
 def test_dpex_overload_from_njit():
     bar_njit = njit(bar)
 
-    with pytest.raises(errors.TypingError):
+    with pytest.raises((errors.TypingError, errors.UnsupportedError)):
         bar_njit()
 
 
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ def test_dpex_overload_from_dpjit():
 def test_dpex_intrinsic_from_njit():
     bar_njit = njit(intrinsic_bar)
 
-    with pytest.raises(errors.TypingError):
+    with pytest.raises((errors.TypingError, errors.UnsupportedError)):
         bar_njit()
 
 
diff --git a/numba_dpex/tests/kernel_tests/test_async_kernel.py b/numba_dpex/tests/kernel_tests/test_async_kernel.py
index 7cfbdfba7c..ed5c85066c 100644
--- a/numba_dpex/tests/kernel_tests/test_async_kernel.py
+++ b/numba_dpex/tests/kernel_tests/test_async_kernel.py
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ def test_async_dependent_add_list_exception():
 
     # TODO: should capture ValueError, but numba captures it and generates
     # TypingError. ValueError is still readable there.
-    with pytest.raises(TypingError):
+    with pytest.raises((TypingError, ValueError)):
         dpex.call_kernel_async(
             add,
             Range(size),