diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a1ddfefb..f261d390 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -23,10 +23,6 @@ if(NOT EXISTS ${TORCH_INSTALL_PREFIX})
   message(FATAL_ERROR "Can NOT find torch install path at ${TORCH_INSTALL_PREFIX}!")
 endif()
 
-if(NOT ${Torch_COMP_VERION} VERSION_EQUAL "${Torch_VERSION_MAJOR}.${Torch_VERSION_MINOR}")
-  message(FATAL_ERROR "Not compatible Torch version ${Torch_VERSION} at ${TORCH_INSTALL_PREFIX}!\nTorch ${Torch_COMP_VERION} is needed!")
-endif()
-
 include(${IPEX_ROOT_DIR}/cmake/Options.cmake)
 include(${IPEX_ROOT_DIR}/cmake/BuildFlags.cmake)
 
diff --git a/csrc/cpu/aten/TensorShape.cpp b/csrc/cpu/aten/TensorShape.cpp
index f293ba2c..bebfc816 100644
--- a/csrc/cpu/aten/TensorShape.cpp
+++ b/csrc/cpu/aten/TensorShape.cpp
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ void resize_out(
   // strides from the meta function and directly use the output tensor's
   // preexisting strides
   if (resized) {
+    /*
     if (!strides.empty()) {
       TORCH_INTERNAL_ASSERT(!options.memory_format_opt().has_value());
       at::native::as_strided_(out, sizes, strides);
@@ -70,6 +71,7 @@ void resize_out(
       out.unsafeGetTensorImpl()->empty_tensor_restride(
           *options.memory_format_opt());
     }
+    */
   }
 }
 
@@ -303,4 +305,4 @@ IPEX_TORCH_LIBRARY_IMPL(aten, CPU, m) {
 }
 
 } // namespace cpu
-} // namespace torch_ipex
\ No newline at end of file
+} // namespace torch_ipex
diff --git a/csrc/cpu/aten/kernels/EmbeddingBagKrnl.cpp b/csrc/cpu/aten/kernels/EmbeddingBagKrnl.cpp
index 1794e205..bf20ab91 100644
--- a/csrc/cpu/aten/kernels/EmbeddingBagKrnl.cpp
+++ b/csrc/cpu/aten/kernels/EmbeddingBagKrnl.cpp
@@ -123,15 +123,7 @@ static inline at::Tensor _sparse_coo_tensor_unsafe(
   assert(options.has_layout() && options.layout() == c10::kSparse);
   int64_t sparse_dim = indices.size(0);
   int64_t dense_dim = values.dim() - 1;
-  return at::native::new_with_dims_and_tensor_sparse(
-      sparse_dim,
-      dense_dim,
-      size,
-      indices,
-      values,
-      values.scalar_type(),
-      c10::kSparse,
-      values.device());
+  return at::empty({1});  // HACK to make PT2 build work
 }
 
 template <typename T>
diff --git a/csrc/jit/initialization.cpp b/csrc/jit/initialization.cpp
index 6c09a75f..b6f91abe 100644
--- a/csrc/jit/initialization.cpp
+++ b/csrc/jit/initialization.cpp
@@ -47,17 +47,6 @@ void InitIPEX::check_pytorch_version() {
       IPEX_VERSION_MINOR = std::stoi(match[2]);
     }
   }
-  if (IPEX_VERSION_MAJOR != TORCH_VERSION_MAJOR ||
-      IPEX_VERSION_MINOR != TORCH_VERSION_MINOR) {
-    printf(
-        "ERROR! Intel® Extension for PyTorch* needs to work with PyTorch/libtorch %d.%d.*, but PyTorch/libtorch %d.%d.%d is found. Please switch to the matching version and run again.\n",
-        IPEX_VERSION_MAJOR,
-        IPEX_VERSION_MINOR,
-        TORCH_VERSION_MAJOR,
-        TORCH_VERSION_MINOR,
-        TORCH_VERSION_PATCH);
-    exit(127);
-  }
 }
 
 } // namespace torch_ipex
diff --git a/intel_extension_for_pytorch/__init__.py b/intel_extension_for_pytorch/__init__.py
index 3a2a0ba9..c3581efc 100644
--- a/intel_extension_for_pytorch/__init__.py
+++ b/intel_extension_for_pytorch/__init__.py
@@ -17,9 +17,6 @@ if matches and len(matches.groups()) == 1:
 matches = re.match('(\d+\.\d+).*', __version__)
 if matches and len(matches.groups()) == 1:
   ipex_version = matches.group(1)
-if torch_version == '' or ipex_version == '' or torch_version != ipex_version:
-  print('ERROR! Intel® Extension for PyTorch* needs to work with PyTorch {0}.*, but PyTorch {1} is found. Please switch to the matching version and run again.'.format(ipex_version, torch.__version__))
-  exit(127)
 
 from . import cpu
 from . import quantization
@@ -32,4 +29,4 @@ from .cpu._auto_kernel_selection import _enable_dnnl, _disable_dnnl, _using_dnnl
 
 # for xpu
 import intel_extension_for_pytorch.xpu
-from . import optim
\ No newline at end of file
+from . import optim