diff --git a/test/helpers.py b/test/helpers.py
index 5aa62f3513..d66849a6a2 100644
--- a/test/helpers.py
+++ b/test/helpers.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ def assert_jit_cache_len(fxn, expected_len):
 def is_dtype_supported(dtype: DType, device: str = Device.DEFAULT):
   if dtype == dtypes.bfloat16:
     # NOTE: this requires bf16 buffer support
-    return device in {"AMD"} or (device in {"CUDA", "NV", "METAL"} and not CI and not getenv("PTX"))
+    return device in {"AMD"} or (device in {"CUDA", "NV"} and not CI and not getenv("PTX"))
   if device in ["WEBGPU", "WEBGL"]: return dtype in [dtypes.float, dtypes.int32, dtypes.uint32]
   # for CI GPU and OSX, cl_khr_fp16 isn't supported
   # for CI LLVM, it segfaults because it can't link to the casting function
diff --git a/test/unit/test_graph_rewrite.py b/test/unit/test_graph_rewrite.py
index c7585c829a..e29016e476 100644
--- a/test/unit/test_graph_rewrite.py
+++ b/test/unit/test_graph_rewrite.py
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ class TestArithmeticSimplifications(unittest.TestCase):
 
 
 class TestFoldingAndReduction(unittest.TestCase):
+  @unittest.skip("reduce is removed now")
   def test_full_graph_rewrite_constant_reduction_folding(self):
     const1 = UOp.const(dtypes.int32, 5)
     const2 = UOp.const(dtypes.int32, 10)
@@ -59,6 +60,7 @@ class TestFoldingAndReduction(unittest.TestCase):
     expected_sum = 5 + 10 + 20
     self.assertEqual(optimized_sink.arg, expected_sum)
 
+  @unittest.skip("reduce is removed now")
   def test_full_graph_rewrite_reduction_with_unused_range(self):
     const1 = UOp.const(dtypes.int32, 15)
     const2 = UOp.const(dtypes.int32, 25)
diff --git a/tinygrad/codegen/lowerer.py b/tinygrad/codegen/lowerer.py
index 941e19d270..995077107f 100644
--- a/tinygrad/codegen/lowerer.py
+++ b/tinygrad/codegen/lowerer.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ from typing import List, Tuple, cast, Optional
 from tinygrad.shape.shapetracker import ShapeTracker
 from tinygrad.shape.view import variable_to_uop
 from tinygrad.dtype import dtypes
-from tinygrad.ops import KernelInfo, BinaryOps, UOp, UOps, graph_rewrite, PatternMatcher, UPat, sint
+from tinygrad.ops import KernelInfo, BinaryOps, UOp, UOps, graph_rewrite, PatternMatcher, UPat, sint, identity_element
 from tinygrad.renderer import Renderer
 from tinygrad.helpers import all_int, prod, partition, flatten
 
@@ -133,4 +133,19 @@ pm_lowerer = PatternMatcher([
   (UPat((UOps.LOAD, UOps.STORE), src=(UPat(), UPat(UOps.VIEW)), allow_any_len=True, name="x"), lower_load_store),
 ])
 
-def rewrite_shapetracker_with_index(ast:UOp, opts:Renderer) -> UOp: return graph_rewrite(ast, pm_lowerer, ctx=get_index(ast, opts))
+def do_reduce(ctx:List[int], root:UOp):
+  acc = UOp(UOps.DEFINE_ACC, root.dtype,
+            (root.const_like(identity_element(root.arg, root.dtype.scalar())),) + tuple(root.src[1:]), (ctx[0],))
+  ctx[0] += 1
+  return acc.assign(acc.alu(root.arg, root.src[0]))
+
+just_reduce = PatternMatcher([
+  # do reduce
+  (UPat(UOps.REDUCE, name="root"), do_reduce),
+])
+
+def rewrite_shapetracker_with_index(ast:UOp, opts:Renderer) -> UOp:
+  sink = graph_rewrite(ast, pm_lowerer, ctx=get_index(ast, opts))
+  # convert REDUCE to DEFINE_ACC + ASSIGN (contextual)
+  sink = graph_rewrite(sink, just_reduce, ctx=[0])
+  return sink
diff --git a/tinygrad/codegen/uopgraph.py b/tinygrad/codegen/uopgraph.py
index 0376fa9059..4e4c926f48 100644
--- a/tinygrad/codegen/uopgraph.py
+++ b/tinygrad/codegen/uopgraph.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import functools, itertools, operator
 from collections import defaultdict
 from tinygrad.dtype import dtypes, ImageDType, PtrDType
 from tinygrad.ops import UnaryOps, BinaryOps, TernaryOps, UOp, UOps, UPat, PatternMatcher, symbolic_flat, symbolic_simple
-from tinygrad.ops import graph_rewrite, is_irreducible, split_uop, identity_element, uop_given_valid, parse_valid, is_increasing, simplify_valid
+from tinygrad.ops import graph_rewrite, is_irreducible, split_uop, uop_given_valid, parse_valid, is_increasing, simplify_valid
 from tinygrad.helpers import DEBUG, getenv, flatten, dedup, TRANSCENDENTAL, AMX, prod, partition, all_same
 from tinygrad.codegen.transcendental import xexp2, xlog2, xsin, TRANSCENDENTAL_SUPPORTED_DTYPES
 
@@ -381,12 +381,6 @@ def do_expand(root:UOp):
   nsrc = UOp(root.op, root.dtype.scalar().vec(root.dtype.count*expand_sz), tuple(new_srcs), new_arg)
   return UOp(UOps.EXPAND, root.dtype, (nsrc,), expand_args)
 
-def do_reduce(ctx:List[int], root:UOp):
-  acc = UOp(UOps.DEFINE_ACC, root.dtype,
-            (root.const_like(identity_element(root.arg, root.dtype.scalar())),) + tuple(root.src[1:]), (ctx[0],))
-  ctx[0] += 1
-  return acc.assign(acc.alu(root.arg, root.src[0]))
-
 def do_contract(con:UOp):
   ex = con.src[0]
   # CONTRACT without EXPAND repeats the element VECTORIZED
@@ -451,11 +445,6 @@ def no_vectorized_acc(acc:UOp):
     tuple(s.gep(i) if j == 0 else s for j,s in enumerate(acc.src)), acc.arg+(i,)) for i in range(acc.dtype.count))
   return UOp(UOps.VECTORIZE, acc.dtype, alus)
 
-just_reduce = PatternMatcher([
-  # do reduce
-  (UPat(UOps.REDUCE, name="root"), do_reduce),
-])
-
 devectorize = PatternMatcher([
   # no ALU on vectorized dtypes
   (UPat((UOps.ALU, UOps.CAST, UOps.BITCAST, UOps.ASSIGN, UOps.INDEX), name="alu"), no_vectorized_alu),
@@ -520,9 +509,6 @@ def full_graph_rewrite(sink:UOp, opts:Optional[Renderer]=None) -> UOp:
   supported_ops = tuple(opts.code_for_op.keys()) if opts is not None else ()
   extra_matcher = opts.extra_matcher if opts is not None and opts.extra_matcher is not None else PatternMatcher([])
 
-  # convert REDUCE to DEFINE_ACC + ASSIGN (contextual)
-  sink = graph_rewrite(sink, just_reduce, ctx=[0])
-
   # initial symbolic + migrate indexing (remove this) + transcendental
   sink = graph_rewrite(sink, sym+migrate_indexing+get_transcendental_patterns(supported_ops, TRANSCENDENTAL>=2))