diff --git a/src/fmmax/utils.py b/src/fmmax/utils.py
index 8a902c8..8c8061a 100644
--- a/src/fmmax/utils.py
+++ b/src/fmmax/utils.py
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 except ModuleNotFoundError:
     _JEIG_AVAILABLE = False
 
-
 EIG_EPS_RELATIVE = 1e-12
 EIG_EPS_MINIMUM = 1e-24
 
@@ -150,8 +149,6 @@ def _eig_jax(matrix: jnp.ndarray) -> Tuple[jnp.ndarray, jnp.ndarray]:
     return jnp.asarray(eigval), jnp.asarray(eigvec)
 
 
-# Define jax eigendecomposition that runs on CPU. Note that the compilation takes
-# place at module import time. If the `jit` is inside a function, deadlocks can occur.
 with jax.default_device(jax.devices("cpu")[0]):
     _eig_jax_cpu = jax.jit(jnp.linalg.eig)
 
@@ -161,7 +158,10 @@ def _eig(matrix: jnp.ndarray) -> Tuple[jnp.ndarray, jnp.ndarray]:
     if _JEIG_AVAILABLE:
         return jeig.eig(matrix)
     else:
-        return _eig_jax(matrix)
+        if jax.devices()[0] == jax.devices("cpu")[0]:
+            return jnp.linalg.eig(matrix)
+        else:
+            return _eig_jax(matrix)
 
 
 def _eig_fwd(
diff --git a/tests/fmmax/test_debug.py b/tests/fmmax/test_debug.py
index 9a4de11..9fa7029 100644
--- a/tests/fmmax/test_debug.py
+++ b/tests/fmmax/test_debug.py
@@ -16,27 +16,7 @@
 jax.config.update("jax_enable_x64", True)
 
 
-def _eig_jax(matrix):
-    """Eigendecomposition using `jax.numpy.linalg.eig`."""
-    eigval, eigvec = jax.pure_callback(
-        _eig_jax_cpu,
-        (
-            jnp.ones(matrix.shape[:-1], dtype=complex),  # Eigenvalues
-            jnp.ones(matrix.shape, dtype=complex),  # Eigenvectors
-        ),
-        matrix.astype(complex),
-        vectorized=True,
-    )
-    return jnp.asarray(eigval), jnp.asarray(eigvec)
-
-
-# Define jax eigendecomposition that runs on CPU. Note that the compilation takes
-# place at module import time. If the `jit` is inside a function, deadlocks can occur.
-with jax.default_device(jax.devices("cpu")[0]):
-    _eig_jax_cpu = jax.jit(jnp.linalg.eig)
-
-
 class DebugTest(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_simple(self):
         for _ in range(10):
-            _eig_jax(jnp.ones((440, 440)))
+            utils.eig(jnp.ones((440, 440)))