diff --git a/doc/Gemm.md b/doc/Gemm.md
index 653549212..07b50ae68 100644
--- a/doc/Gemm.md
+++ b/doc/Gemm.md
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ This cmake variable causes a corresponding define for the selected platform to b
 #elif defined POWER_VR
 #include "interface/blas3/backend/power_vr.hpp"
 #else
-#include "interface/blas3/backend/default_cpu.hpp"
+#include "interface/blas3/backend/default.hpp"
 #endif
 ```
 
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ The relevant parameters are:
 - Vector size, the number of elements to use in vectorized loads/stores.
 - Batch type, whether to use strided (most `GEMM` kernels) or the interleaved `GEMM` for batched calls.
 
-For an example of a backend target header and some of the ways that configurations are selected let's look at `src/interface/blas3/backend/default_cpu.hpp` :
+For an example of a backend target header and some of the ways that configurations are selected let's look at `src/interface/blas3/backend/default.hpp` :
 
 ```c++
 template <bool _t_a, bool _t_b, bool is_beta_zero, typename sb_handle_t, 
diff --git a/src/interface/blas1/backend/backend.hpp b/src/interface/blas1/backend/backend.hpp
index 580eadb69..0f33e98f7 100644
--- a/src/interface/blas1/backend/backend.hpp
+++ b/src/interface/blas1/backend/backend.hpp
@@ -29,6 +29,6 @@
 #elif NVIDIA_GPU
 #include "interface/blas1/backend/nvidia_gpu.hpp"
 #else
-#include "interface/blas1/backend/default_cpu.hpp"
+#include "interface/blas1/backend/default.hpp"
 #endif
 
diff --git a/src/interface/blas1/backend/default_cpu.hpp b/src/interface/blas1/backend/default.hpp
similarity index 100%
rename from src/interface/blas1/backend/default_cpu.hpp
rename to src/interface/blas1/backend/default.hpp
diff --git a/src/interface/blas2/backend/backend.hpp b/src/interface/blas2/backend/backend.hpp
index 2a88c8624..40cd96f6e 100644
--- a/src/interface/blas2/backend/backend.hpp
+++ b/src/interface/blas2/backend/backend.hpp
@@ -31,5 +31,5 @@
 #elif NVIDIA_GPU
 #include "interface/blas2/backend/nvidia_gpu.hpp"
 #else
-#include "interface/blas2/backend/default_cpu.hpp"
+#include "interface/blas2/backend/default.hpp"
 #endif
diff --git a/src/interface/blas2/backend/default_cpu.hpp b/src/interface/blas2/backend/default.hpp
similarity index 99%
rename from src/interface/blas2/backend/default_cpu.hpp
rename to src/interface/blas2/backend/default.hpp
index 37d38ba5b..6a156592a 100644
--- a/src/interface/blas2/backend/default_cpu.hpp
+++ b/src/interface/blas2/backend/default.hpp
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
  *
  *  portBLAS: BLAS implementation using SYCL
  *
- *  @filename default_cpu.hpp
+ *  @filename default.hpp
  *
  **************************************************************************/
 #ifndef PORTBLAS_GEMV_DEFAULT_BACKEND_HPP
diff --git a/src/interface/blas3/backend/backend.hpp b/src/interface/blas3/backend/backend.hpp
index b108af0c4..44ba8e55e 100644
--- a/src/interface/blas3/backend/backend.hpp
+++ b/src/interface/blas3/backend/backend.hpp
@@ -31,5 +31,5 @@
 #elif defined NVIDIA_GPU
 #include "interface/blas3/backend/nvidia_gpu.hpp"
 #else
-#include "interface/blas3/backend/default_cpu.hpp"
+#include "interface/blas3/backend/default.hpp"
 #endif
diff --git a/src/interface/blas3/backend/default_cpu.hpp b/src/interface/blas3/backend/default.hpp
similarity index 99%
rename from src/interface/blas3/backend/default_cpu.hpp
rename to src/interface/blas3/backend/default.hpp
index 32756da9f..32b279088 100644
--- a/src/interface/blas3/backend/default_cpu.hpp
+++ b/src/interface/blas3/backend/default.hpp
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
  *
  *  portBLAS: BLAS implementation using SYCL
  *
- *  @filename default_cpu.hpp
+ *  @filename default.hpp
  *
  **************************************************************************/
 #ifndef PORTBLAS_GEMM_DEFAULT_BACKEND_HPP
diff --git a/src/interface/extension/backend/backend.hpp b/src/interface/extension/backend/backend.hpp
index 6de002ad0..188d03bcc 100644
--- a/src/interface/extension/backend/backend.hpp
+++ b/src/interface/extension/backend/backend.hpp
@@ -29,5 +29,5 @@
 #elif defined NVIDIA_GPU
 #include "interface/extension/backend/nvidia_gpu.hpp"
 #else
-#include "interface/extension/backend/default_cpu.hpp"
+#include "interface/extension/backend/default.hpp"
 #endif
diff --git a/src/interface/extension/backend/default_cpu.hpp b/src/interface/extension/backend/default.hpp
similarity index 99%
rename from src/interface/extension/backend/default_cpu.hpp
rename to src/interface/extension/backend/default.hpp
index 7c73c0e24..b5574cc18 100644
--- a/src/interface/extension/backend/default_cpu.hpp
+++ b/src/interface/extension/backend/default.hpp
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
  *
  *  portBLAS: BLAS implementation using SYCL
  *
- *  @filename default_cpu.hpp
+ *  @filename default.hpp
  *
  **************************************************************************/
 #ifndef PORTBLAS_TRANSPOSE_DEFAULT_BACKEND_HPP