diff --git a/tinygrad/renderer/llvmir.py b/tinygrad/renderer/llvmir.py
index 3642053532..bcb7c39966 100644
--- a/tinygrad/renderer/llvmir.py
+++ b/tinygrad/renderer/llvmir.py
@@ -148,7 +148,6 @@ class LLVMRenderer(Renderer):
           lvars[u] = code_for_op[args](bb[-1], *[lvars[x] for x in src], dtype if args not in (BinaryOps.CMPLT, BinaryOps.CMPNE) else src[0].dtype)
         elif uop in {UOps.CAST, UOps.BITCAST}: lvars[u] = cast(bb, lvars[src[0]], src[0].dtype, dtype, bitcast=uop is UOps.BITCAST)
         elif uop in {UOps.DEFINE_GLOBAL, UOps.DEFINE_VAR}: lvars[u] = func.args[buf_index[args]]
-        elif uop is UOps.SPECIAL: lvars[u] = lvars[args.expr]
         elif uop is UOps.CONST: lvars[u] = const(args, dtype)
         else: raise RuntimeError(f"failed to render {uop}")