diff --git a/test/external/external_uop_gc.py b/test/external/external_uop_gc.py
index f54c24e7c5..e99d71691e 100644
--- a/test/external/external_uop_gc.py
+++ b/test/external/external_uop_gc.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import gc
 from tinygrad import Tensor, UOp, Device, nn
 from tinygrad.engine.realize import method_cache, get_program
-from tinygrad.schedule.indexing import apply_movement_op
+from tinygrad.schedule.indexing import _apply_movement_op
 from tinygrad.uop.divandmod import fold_divmod_general
 from test.test_tiny import TestTiny
 
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
 
     # these caches will keep uops alive
     method_cache.clear()
-    apply_movement_op.cache_clear()
+    _apply_movement_op.cache_clear()
     fold_divmod_general.cache_clear()
     Tensor._device_seeds.clear()
     Tensor._device_rng_counters.clear()