diff --git a/tinygrad/device.py b/tinygrad/device.py
index 2647b3f69e..97190fc528 100644
--- a/tinygrad/device.py
+++ b/tinygrad/device.py
@@ -331,7 +331,6 @@ class Compiled:
 # TODO: move this to each Device
 # this only tracks if the dtype is natively supported, it may be supported in the frontend using decomps
 def is_dtype_supported(dtype:DType, device:str|None=None) -> bool:
-  if dtype == dtypes.weakint: return False
   if device is None: device = Device.DEFAULT
   if dtype == dtypes.bfloat16:
     if device == "METAL": return not CI