diff --git a/examples/handcode_opt.py b/examples/handcode_opt.py
index 468790c975..4370a6e543 100644
--- a/examples/handcode_opt.py
+++ b/examples/handcode_opt.py
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ def get_sched_bert():
       # ignore grad norm and loss scaler for now
       loss.backward()
       targets += [x.lazydata for x in optim.schedule_step()]
-    sched = create_schedule(targets, seen)
+    sched = create_schedule(targets)
     print(f"schedule length {len(sched)}")
   return sched