diff --git a/test/test_uops.py b/test/test_uops.py
index b191fac730..a08ca29f41 100644
--- a/test/test_uops.py
+++ b/test/test_uops.py
@@ -388,11 +388,6 @@ class TestUOpStr(unittest.TestCase):
       sink = UOp(UOps.SINK, dtypes.void, (get_kernel(Device[Device.DEFAULT].renderer, t.schedule()[-1].ast).linearize().uops[-1],))
     assert_equiv_uops(sink, eval(str(sink)))
 
-  def test_variable_const(self):
-    # TODO: this is not possible after VALID.
-    uop = UOp(UOps.CONST, dtypes.int, (), arg=Variable("a",1,10))
-    assert str(eval(str(uop))) == str(uop)
-
   def test_vectorized_str(self):
     vec = UOp(UOps.VECTORIZE, dtypes.int.vec(4), tuple(UOp.const(dtypes.int, x) for x in range(4)))
     assert str(eval(str(vec))) == str(vec)
diff --git a/tinygrad/ops.py b/tinygrad/ops.py
index 08075e4448..b0f51cab1b 100644
--- a/tinygrad/ops.py
+++ b/tinygrad/ops.py
@@ -169,8 +169,7 @@ class UOp(MathTrait):
   def key(self) -> bytes:
     return hashlib.sha256(str((self.op, self.dtype, self.arg)).encode() + b"".join([s.key for s in self.src])).digest()
   def __repr__(self): return pretty_print(self, lambda x: f"{type(self).__name__}({x.op}, {x.dtype}, arg={x.argstr()}, src=(%s))")
-  def argstr(self):
-    return f'({", ".join(map(str, self.arg))})' if self.op is UOps.REDUCE_AXIS else repr(self.arg) if isinstance(self.arg, Variable) else self.arg
+  def argstr(self): return f'({", ".join(map(str, self.arg))})' if self.op is UOps.REDUCE_AXIS else self.arg
   # *** uop syntactic sugar
   @property
   def st_arg(self) -> ShapeTracker:
@@ -412,7 +411,7 @@ class UPat(MathTrait):
     return UPat((UOps.CONST, UOps.VCONST) if vec else UOps.CONST, dtype=dtype, name=name)
   @staticmethod
   @functools.lru_cache(None)
-  def const(dtype:Optional[DType], b:ConstType|Variable): return UPat(UOps.CONST, dtype=dtype, arg=b)
+  def const(dtype:Optional[DType], b:ConstType): return UPat(UOps.CONST, dtype=dtype, arg=b)
 
   # copied from UOp
   def cast(self, dtype=None): return UPat(UOps.CAST, dtype, (self,))