diff --git a/test/test_schedule.py b/test/test_schedule.py
index b8acda4675..3eb208fbdf 100644
--- a/test/test_schedule.py
+++ b/test/test_schedule.py
@@ -2437,29 +2437,6 @@ class TestCopyFolding(unittest.TestCase):
     b.realize()
     self.assertListEqual(b.tolist(), [[0, 2], [1, 3]])
 
-class TestTensorUOpSpec(unittest.TestCase):
-  def test_const_must_be_unmasked(self):
-    a = Tensor.ones((4, 4)).pad((2, 2))
-    unsafe_push_views = PatternMatcher([
-      (UPat.cvar("root").view(name="view"), lambda root,view: root.replace(src=tuple(x.view(view.st) for x in root.src))),
-    ])
-    a.uop = graph_rewrite(a.uop.sink(), merge_views+merge_views+unsafe_push_views)
-    with self.assertRaisesRegex(RuntimeError, "UOp verification failed"):
-      a.schedule()
-
-  def test_expanded_const_ok(self):
-    a = Tensor.ones((4, 4))
-    t = graph_rewrite(a.uop.sink(), merge_views+merge_views)
-    create_schedule_with_vars(t)
-
-  # NOTE: changing symbolic CONST VIEWs is not allowed
-  @unittest.expectedFailure
-  def test_symbolic_shape_ok(self):
-    a = Tensor.ones(4)
-    vi = UOp.variable("i", 1, 10).bind(4)
-    a.uop = graph_rewrite(a.reshape(vi).sum().uop, merge_views+merge_views)
-    a.schedule()
-
 class TestBufferUOp(unittest.TestCase):
   # BUFFER has a ShapeTracker of shape=(n,) and stride=(1,)
   def test_buffer_has_buffer(self):
diff --git a/test/unit/test_verify_ast.py b/test/unit/test_uop_spec.py
similarity index 93%
rename from test/unit/test_verify_ast.py
rename to test/unit/test_uop_spec.py
index fd8a921260..dfc9bca106 100644
--- a/test/unit/test_verify_ast.py
+++ b/test/unit/test_uop_spec.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ from tinygrad import Tensor
 from tinygrad.codegen.kernel import Kernel
 from tinygrad.helpers import DEBUG
 from tinygrad.uop.ops import UOp, Ops, print_uops
-from tinygrad.uop.spec import type_verify, ast_spec
+from tinygrad.uop.spec import type_verify, ast_spec, tensor_uop_spec
 from tinygrad.shape.shapetracker import ShapeTracker
 from tinygrad import dtypes
 from tinygrad.shape.view import View
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ def helper_test_verify_ast(*stores:UOp) -> Kernel:
   if DEBUG >= 4: print(k.to_program().src)
   return k
 
-class TestVerifyAST(unittest.TestCase):
+class TestUOpSpec(unittest.TestCase):
   def test_tiny_add(self):
     dtype = dtypes.int
     buf_0 = UOp(Ops.DEFINE_GLOBAL, dtype.ptr(), (), 0)
@@ -94,5 +94,11 @@ class TestVerifyAST(unittest.TestCase):
     st = UOp.store(buf.view(ShapeTracker.from_shape(())), a.cast(dtypes.float))
     helper_test_verify_ast(st)
 
+  def test_assert_masked_view_in_const(self):
+    t = Tensor(6).uop
+    a = t.replace(src=(t.src[0].replace(arg=t.st.reshape((1,)).pad(((0, 1),))),))
+    with self.assertRaisesRegex(RuntimeError, "UOp verification failed"):
+      type_verify([a], tensor_uop_spec)
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
   unittest.main()