diff --git a/tinygrad/schedule/kernelize.py b/tinygrad/schedule/kernelize.py
index c487fb5c9f..2fcb892332 100644
--- a/tinygrad/schedule/kernelize.py
+++ b/tinygrad/schedule/kernelize.py
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
-from dataclasses import dataclass
 from tinygrad.uop.ops import UOp, Ops, GroupOp, PatternMatcher, UPat, graph_rewrite, graph_rewrite_map, identity_element, resolve
 from tinygrad.uop.ops import track_rewrites, _substitute, KernelInfo
 from tinygrad.uop.spec import type_verify, tensor_uop_spec
 from tinygrad.uop.symbolic import symbolic_simple
-from tinygrad.helpers import Metadata, all_int, all_same, prod, dedup, unwrap, getenv, pluralize, FUSE_ARANGE, DEBUG, SPLIT_REDUCEOP
+from tinygrad.helpers import all_int, all_same, prod, dedup, unwrap, getenv, pluralize, FUSE_ARANGE, DEBUG, SPLIT_REDUCEOP
 from tinygrad.dtype import ImageDType
 from tinygrad.schedule.multi import multi_pm
 from tinygrad.schedule.grouper import group_realizes, ALWAYS_CONTIGUOUS
+from tinygrad.schedule.rangeify import Kernel
 from tinygrad.codegen.opt.swizzler import merge_views, apply_swizzle, swizzle_reduceop
 from tinygrad.codegen.opt import Opt
 
@@ -108,14 +108,6 @@ replace_contiguous = PatternMatcher([
 
 # **** create kernels
 
-@dataclass(frozen=True)
-class Kernel:
-  ast: UOp
-  metadata: tuple[Metadata, ...] = ()
-  def __repr__(self):
-    ast_rep = f"SINK{tuple(s.op for s in self.ast.src)}" if self.ast.op is Ops.SINK else repr(self.ast.op)
-    return f"<Kernel {len(list(self.ast.toposort()))} {ast_rep} {self.metadata}>"
-
 def create_kernel(x:UOp, b:UOp|None=None):
   if b is None: b = UOp.new_buffer(x.device, x.size, x.dtype)
   kernel = UOp(Ops.KERNEL, src=(b,)+x.src, arg=Kernel(x.sink(), m if (m:=x.metadata) else ()))
diff --git a/tinygrad/schedule/rangeify.py b/tinygrad/schedule/rangeify.py
index 53b8c03cfb..06109b3ff4 100644
--- a/tinygrad/schedule/rangeify.py
+++ b/tinygrad/schedule/rangeify.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ from tinygrad.dtype import dtypes, PtrDType, ImageDType, AddrSpace
 from tinygrad.uop.ops import PatternMatcher, UPat, Ops, UOp, resolve, GroupOp, RewriteNotReady, _substitute, ssimplify, KernelInfo
 from tinygrad.uop.symbolic import sym, symbolic_simple
 from tinygrad.helpers import argsort, prod, all_same, pluralize, getenv, RANGEIFY, Context, flatten, dedup, unwrap, all_int, DEBUG, SPLIT_REDUCEOP
-from tinygrad.schedule.kernelize import Kernel
+from tinygrad.helpers import Metadata
 from tinygrad.uop.ops import track_rewrites, graph_rewrite, identity_element, sint, AxisType
 from tinygrad.codegen.simplify import pm_flatten_range, pm_reduce_unparented
 from tinygrad.codegen.opt import Opt
@@ -676,6 +676,14 @@ pm_remove_tags = PatternMatcher([
   (UPat(GroupOp.All, name="x"), remove_metadata_tags),
 ])
 
+@dataclass(frozen=True)
+class Kernel:
+  ast: UOp
+  metadata: tuple[Metadata, ...] = ()
+  def __repr__(self):
+    ast_rep = f"SINK{tuple(s.op for s in self.ast.src)}" if self.ast.op is Ops.SINK else repr(self.ast.op)
+    return f"<Kernel {len(list(self.ast.toposort()))} {ast_rep} {self.metadata}>"
+
 def split_store(ctx:list[UOp], x:UOp):
   if len(x.ranges): return None
   if x.src[0].ptrdtype.addrspace is AddrSpace.LOCAL: return None