diff --git a/frontend/catalyst/third_party/oqc/src/OQCDevice.cpp b/frontend/catalyst/third_party/oqc/src/OQCDevice.cpp
index 8c628487b3..340949edb5 100644
--- a/frontend/catalyst/third_party/oqc/src/OQCDevice.cpp
+++ b/frontend/catalyst/third_party/oqc/src/OQCDevice.cpp
@@ -104,12 +104,6 @@ void OQCDevice::PartialCounts(DataView<double, 1> &eigvals, DataView<int64_t, 1>
 // After this poitn everything is unsupported
 auto OQCDevice::AllocateQubit() -> QubitIdType { RT_FAIL("Unsupported functionality"); }
 void OQCDevice::PrintState() { RT_FAIL("Unsupported functionality"); }
-void OQCDevice::SetState(DataView<std::complex<double>, 1> &)
-{
-    RT_FAIL("Unsupported functionality");
-}
-
-void OQCDevice::SetBasisState(const std::size_t) { RT_FAIL("Unsupported functionality"); }
 
 void OQCDevice::Counts(DataView<double, 1> &eigvals, DataView<int64_t, 1> &counts, size_t shots)
 {
diff --git a/runtime/include/QuantumDevice.hpp b/runtime/include/QuantumDevice.hpp
index 164eef1957..736008130d 100644
--- a/runtime/include/QuantumDevice.hpp
+++ b/runtime/include/QuantumDevice.hpp
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ struct QuantumDevice {
      */
     virtual void SetState(DataView<std::complex<double>, 1> &, std::vector<QubitIdType> &wires)
     {
-        RT_ASSERT(false);
+        RT_FAIL("Unsupported functionality");
     }
 
     /**
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ struct QuantumDevice {
      */
     virtual void SetBasisState(DataView<int8_t, 1> &, std::vector<QubitIdType> &wires)
     {
-        RT_ASSERT(false);
+        RT_FAIL("Unsupported functionality");
     }
 
     /**