diff --git a/tinygrad/opt/kernel.py b/tinygrad/opt/kernel.py
index c40ca9b4aa..ee754657af 100644
--- a/tinygrad/opt/kernel.py
+++ b/tinygrad/opt/kernel.py
@@ -448,9 +448,7 @@ class Kernel:
       ret = op.replace(src=tuple(fixup_ast(x) for x in op.src)) # noqa: F821
       if op.op in GroupOp.Buffer and op in self.bufs:
         st = self.sts[self.bufs.index(op)]
-        # NOTE: if CONST got masked after applying opts, we create a new VALID
-        if op.op is Ops.CONST and any(v.mask is not None for v in st.views): return op.view(st).valid()
-        # otherwise we just replace the VIEW source
+        # replace the VIEW source
         return ret.replace(src=(ret.src[0].replace(arg=st),)+ret.src[1:])
       if op.op is Ops.SINK:
         # NOTE: should group_for_reduces be added to the local_dims?