diff --git a/extra/backends/hsa_graph.py b/extra/backends/hsa_graph.py
index 07c3d66c61..6a26c82e23 100644
--- a/extra/backends/hsa_graph.py
+++ b/extra/backends/hsa_graph.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ from tinygrad.runtime.ops_hsa import HSADevice, PROFILE, Profiler
 from tinygrad.engine.realize import ExecItem, BufferXfer, CompiledRunner
 from tinygrad.engine.jit import MultiGraphRunner
 import tinygrad.runtime.autogen.hsa as hsa
-from tinygrad.runtime.driver.hsa import check, AQLQueue, AQL_PACKET_SIZE, EMPTY_SIGNAL
+from tinygrad.runtime.support.hsa import check, AQLQueue, AQL_PACKET_SIZE, EMPTY_SIGNAL
 
 def dedup_signals(signals): return [hsa.hsa_signal_t(hndl) for hndl in set([x.handle for x in signals if isinstance(x, hsa.hsa_signal_t)])]
 
diff --git a/extra/backends/ops_hip.py b/extra/backends/ops_hip.py
index 14db29d899..9417549e6b 100644
--- a/extra/backends/ops_hip.py
+++ b/extra/backends/ops_hip.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ from tinygrad.helpers import DEBUG, getenv, init_c_var
 from tinygrad.helpers import from_mv, round_up, to_mv, colored, init_c_struct_t
 from tinygrad.device import Compiled, LRUAllocator, BufferOptions, Runner, Device, Buffer, MallocAllocator, update_stats, Compiler, CompilerOptions
 from tinygrad.renderer.cstyle import HIPRenderer
-from tinygrad.runtime.driver.hip_comgr import compile_hip
+from tinygrad.runtime.support.hip_comgr import compile_hip
 from tinygrad.renderer.rdna import uops_to_rdna
 
 class RDNACompiler(Compiler):
diff --git a/extra/backends/ops_hsa.py b/extra/backends/ops_hsa.py
index c2ff4c73cc..15ba7aedfc 100644
--- a/extra/backends/ops_hsa.py
+++ b/extra/backends/ops_hsa.py
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ import tinygrad.runtime.autogen.hsa as hsa
 from tinygrad.helpers import DEBUG, init_c_var, from_mv, round_up, to_mv, init_c_struct_t, getenv, PROFILE
 from tinygrad.device import Compiled, Compiler, CompileError, BufferOptions, LRUAllocator
 from tinygrad.renderer.cstyle import HIPRenderer
-from tinygrad.runtime.driver.hsa import check, scan_agents, find_memory_pool, AQLQueue
-from tinygrad.runtime.driver.hip_comgr import compile_hip
+from tinygrad.runtime.support.hsa import check, scan_agents, find_memory_pool, AQLQueue
+from tinygrad.runtime.support.hip_comgr import compile_hip
 if getenv("IOCTL"): import extra.hip_gpu_driver.hip_ioctl  # noqa: F401
 
 class HSAProfiler:
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 6bc5234243..8a95fa15d7 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ setup(name='tinygrad',
       long_description=long_description,
       long_description_content_type='text/markdown',
       packages = ['tinygrad', 'tinygrad.runtime.autogen', 'tinygrad.codegen', 'tinygrad.nn', 'tinygrad.renderer', 'tinygrad.engine',
-                  'tinygrad.runtime', 'tinygrad.runtime.driver', 'tinygrad.runtime.graph', 'tinygrad.shape'],
+                  'tinygrad.runtime', 'tinygrad.runtime.support', 'tinygrad.runtime.graph', 'tinygrad.shape'],
       classifiers=[
         "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
         "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License"
diff --git a/test/external/external_test_hip_compile.py b/test/external/external_test_hip_compile.py
index acbcd23b03..6da8127202 100644
--- a/test/external/external_test_hip_compile.py
+++ b/test/external/external_test_hip_compile.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import time, unittest
-from tinygrad.runtime.driver.hip_comgr import compile_hip
+from tinygrad.runtime.support.hip_comgr import compile_hip
 from tinygrad import Tensor
 from tinygrad.device import Device
 from tinygrad.engine.schedule import create_schedule
diff --git a/test/external/external_test_hsa_driver.py b/test/external/external_test_hsa_driver.py
index 827401be61..29ffaa2340 100644
--- a/test/external/external_test_hsa_driver.py
+++ b/test/external/external_test_hsa_driver.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import ctypes, unittest
 from tinygrad.helpers import init_c_struct_t
 from tinygrad.device import Device, Buffer, BufferXfer
 from tinygrad.dtype import dtypes
-from tinygrad.runtime.driver.hsa import AQLQueue
+from tinygrad.runtime.support.hsa import AQLQueue
 from tinygrad.runtime.graph.hsa import VirtAQLQueue, HSAGraph
 from tinygrad.engine.realize import ExecItem
 
diff --git a/tinygrad/runtime/ops_amd.py b/tinygrad/runtime/ops_amd.py
index e884ecfd44..aba8819b6b 100644
--- a/tinygrad/runtime/ops_amd.py
+++ b/tinygrad/runtime/ops_amd.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ from tinygrad.device import HCQCompatCompiled, HCQCompatAllocator, HCQCompatAllo
                             Compiler, CompileError, BufferOptions
 from tinygrad.helpers import getenv, init_c_struct_t, to_mv, round_up, DEBUG, PROFILE, mv_address
 from tinygrad.renderer.cstyle import AMDRenderer
-from tinygrad.runtime.driver.hip_comgr import compile_hip
+from tinygrad.runtime.support.hip_comgr import compile_hip
 import tinygrad.runtime.autogen.kfd as kfd
 import tinygrad.runtime.autogen.hsa as hsa
 import tinygrad.runtime.autogen.amd_gpu as amd_gpu
diff --git a/tinygrad/runtime/driver/__init__.py b/tinygrad/runtime/support/__init__.py
similarity index 100%
rename from tinygrad/runtime/driver/__init__.py
rename to tinygrad/runtime/support/__init__.py
diff --git a/tinygrad/runtime/driver/hip_comgr.py b/tinygrad/runtime/support/hip_comgr.py
similarity index 100%
rename from tinygrad/runtime/driver/hip_comgr.py
rename to tinygrad/runtime/support/hip_comgr.py