diff --git a/tinygrad/uop/spec.py b/tinygrad/uop/spec.py
index 52fca12ec2..20b7512445 100644
--- a/tinygrad/uop/spec.py
+++ b/tinygrad/uop/spec.py
@@ -86,12 +86,9 @@ _tensor_spec = PatternMatcher([
    isinstance(d.arg, str) or (isinstance(d.arg, tuple) and all(isinstance(s, str) for s in d.arg))),
   (UPat(Ops.BUFFER, src=(UPat((Ops.LUNIQUE, Ops.UNIQUE)), UPat(Ops.DEVICE)), name="buf"),
    lambda buf: isinstance(buf.arg, int) and isinstance(buf.dtype, (DType, ImageDType))),
-  (UPat(Ops.BUFFER_VIEW, src=(UPat(Ops.BUFFER),), name="buf_view"),
-   lambda buf_view: isinstance(buf_view.arg, tuple) and len(buf_view.arg) == 2 and all(isinstance(arg, (int, UOp)) for arg in buf_view.arg)),
-  (UPat(Ops.BUFFER_VIEW, src=(UPat(Ops.MSTACK, src=UPat(Ops.BUFFER)),)), lambda: True),
 
   # KERNEL can attach to an AFTER to describe the compute required to realize a BUFFER
-  (UPat(Ops.KERNEL, src=UPat((Ops.BUFFER, Ops.BUFFER_VIEW, Ops.AFTER, Ops.MSELECT, Ops.MSTACK, Ops.BIND, Ops.CONTIGUOUS))), lambda: True),
+  (UPat(Ops.KERNEL, src=UPat((Ops.BUFFER, Ops.AFTER, Ops.MSELECT, Ops.MSTACK, Ops.BIND))), lambda: True),
 
   # ASSIGN has a target and a value. It can also optionally depend on other assigns
   (UPat(Ops.ASSIGN, name="x"), lambda x: len(x.src) >= 2 and all(s.op is Ops.ASSIGN for s in x.src[2:])),