diff --git a/tinygrad/schedule/rangeify.py b/tinygrad/schedule/rangeify.py
index 4feefa7f3b..89570079c6 100644
--- a/tinygrad/schedule/rangeify.py
+++ b/tinygrad/schedule/rangeify.py
@@ -135,7 +135,6 @@ earliest_rewrites = mop_cleanup+PatternMatcher([
   (UPat(Ops.CALL, name="c"), resolve_call),
 
   # resolve allreduce (must be bottom up)
-  (UPat(Ops.ASSIGN, src=(UPat.var("output"), UPat(Ops.ALLREDUCE, src=(UPat.var("buf"), UPat()), name="red"))), create_allreduce_function),
   (UPat(Ops.ALLREDUCE, src=(UPat.var("buf"), UPat()), name="red"), create_allreduce_function),
 
   # split_reduceop