diff --git a/docs/abstractions2.py b/docs/abstractions2.py
index f633474202..e28037a768 100644
--- a/docs/abstractions2.py
+++ b/docs/abstractions2.py
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ print("******** third, the UOp ***********")
 
 from tinygrad.engine.realize import run_schedule
 from tinygrad.engine.schedule import create_schedule_with_vars
-from tinygrad.kernelize.kernelize import get_kernelize_map
+from tinygrad.schedule.kernelize import get_kernelize_map
 
 # allocate some values + load in values
 a = UOp.new_buffer(DEVICE, 1, dtypes.int32)
diff --git a/docs/developer/layout.md b/docs/developer/layout.md
index 11be1984cb..68eeaec98c 100644
--- a/docs/developer/layout.md
+++ b/docs/developer/layout.md
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ Directories are listed in order of how they are processed.
 
 ---
 
-## tinygrad/kernelize
+## tinygrad/schedule
 
 Group UOps into kernels.
 
-::: tinygrad.kernelize.kernelize.get_kernelize_map
+::: tinygrad.schedule.kernelize.get_kernelize_map
     options:
         members: false
         show_labels: false
diff --git a/examples/openpilot/compile4.py b/examples/openpilot/compile4.py
index 658f9a07d2..c57bd3eb70 100644
--- a/examples/openpilot/compile4.py
+++ b/examples/openpilot/compile4.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import sys
 from tinygrad import Tensor, fetch, GlobalCounters, dtypes
 from tinygrad.uop.ops import UOp
 from tinygrad.frontend.onnx import OnnxRunner
-from tinygrad.kernelize.kernelize import get_kernelize_map
+from tinygrad.schedule.kernelize import get_kernelize_map
 from tinygrad.engine.schedule import create_schedule_with_vars
 from tinygrad.engine.realize import run_schedule
 
diff --git a/extra/gemm/amd_uop_matmul.py b/extra/gemm/amd_uop_matmul.py
index 0833dcb112..095f8d1f6f 100644
--- a/extra/gemm/amd_uop_matmul.py
+++ b/extra/gemm/amd_uop_matmul.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ from tinygrad.opt.kernel import AxisType
 from tinygrad.engine.realize import CompiledRunner, ExecItem, get_program
 from tinygrad.uop.ops import graph_rewrite, PatternMatcher, UPat, Ops, UOp, GroupOp
 from tinygrad.shape.shapetracker import ShapeTracker, strides_for_shape
-from tinygrad.kernelize.kernelize import merge_views
+from tinygrad.schedule.kernelize import merge_views
 from tinygrad.shape.view import View
 
 N = 4096
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 795fa5c7b3..acf4d52915 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ setup(name='tinygrad',
       long_description=long_description,
       long_description_content_type='text/markdown',
       packages = ['tinygrad', 'tinygrad.runtime.autogen', 'tinygrad.runtime.autogen.am', 'tinygrad.codegen', 'tinygrad.nn',
-                  'tinygrad.renderer', 'tinygrad.engine', 'tinygrad.viz', 'tinygrad.runtime', 'tinygrad.runtime.support', 'tinygrad.kernelize',
+                  'tinygrad.renderer', 'tinygrad.engine', 'tinygrad.viz', 'tinygrad.runtime', 'tinygrad.runtime.support', 'tinygrad.schedule',
                   'tinygrad.runtime.support.am', 'tinygrad.runtime.graph', 'tinygrad.shape', 'tinygrad.uop', 'tinygrad.opt',
                   'tinygrad.runtime.support.nv', 'tinygrad.apps'],
       package_data = {'tinygrad': ['py.typed'], 'tinygrad.viz': ['index.html', 'assets/**/*', 'js/*']},
diff --git a/test/external/process_replay/process_replay.py b/test/external/process_replay/process_replay.py
index e8aba6be73..b6615914ed 100755
--- a/test/external/process_replay/process_replay.py
+++ b/test/external/process_replay/process_replay.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ ASSERT_DIFF = int((flag:="[pr]") in os.getenv("COMMIT_MESSAGE", flag) or flag in
 if not int(os.getenv("ASSERT_PROCESS_REPLAY", "1")): ASSERT_DIFF = 0
 
 try:
-  from tinygrad.kernelize.kernelize import get_kernelize_map
+  from tinygrad.schedule.kernelize import get_kernelize_map
   from tinygrad.renderer import Renderer, ProgramSpec
   from tinygrad.engine.realize import get_program
   from tinygrad.uop.ops import UOp, Ops, KernelInfo
diff --git a/test/test_schedule.py b/test/test_schedule.py
index 140b3d1bd2..41963c7a88 100644
--- a/test/test_schedule.py
+++ b/test/test_schedule.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ from tinygrad.shape.shapetracker import ShapeTracker
 from tinygrad.uop.ops import PatternMatcher, UOp, Ops, GroupOp, UPat, graph_rewrite, track_rewrites
 from tinygrad.uop.symbolic import symbolic_simple
 from tinygrad.helpers import CI, DEBUG, FUSE_ARANGE, SPLIT_REDUCEOP, GlobalCounters, Context, getenv, all_same, temp
-from tinygrad.kernelize.kernelize import merge_views, get_kernelize_map, Kernel
+from tinygrad.schedule.kernelize import merge_views, get_kernelize_map, Kernel
 from tinygrad.engine.schedule import ScheduleItem, create_schedule_with_vars
 from tinygrad.engine.realize import CompiledRunner, run_schedule, lower_schedule
 
diff --git a/test/unit/test_rewrite_tracked_childen.py b/test/unit/test_rewrite_tracked_childen.py
index 6cddd6f289..3e410ff299 100644
--- a/test/unit/test_rewrite_tracked_childen.py
+++ b/test/unit/test_rewrite_tracked_childen.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import unittest
 from tinygrad import Tensor
 from tinygrad.uop.ops import PatternMatcher, Ops, UPat, graph_rewrite, RewriteContext, UOp
-from tinygrad.kernelize.kernelize import sym, merge_views
+from tinygrad.schedule.kernelize import sym, merge_views
 
 class TestRewriteTrackedChildren(unittest.TestCase):
   @unittest.skip("track_children no longer supported")
diff --git a/tinygrad/opt/kernel.py b/tinygrad/opt/kernel.py
index 25fdf88bd1..b76920c959 100644
--- a/tinygrad/opt/kernel.py
+++ b/tinygrad/opt/kernel.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ from tinygrad.dtype import ImageDType
 from tinygrad.helpers import all_same, colored, ansilen, dedup, prod, round_up, to_function_name, unwrap, argfix, DEBUG, TC_SELECT, TC_OPT, AMX
 from tinygrad.shape.shapetracker import ShapeTracker
 from tinygrad.shape.view import strides_for_shape, get_contraction
-from tinygrad.kernelize.kernelize import view_left
+from tinygrad.schedule.kernelize import view_left
 
 class OptOps(Enum):
   TC = auto(); UPCAST = auto(); UNROLL = auto(); LOCAL = auto() # noqa: E702
diff --git a/tinygrad/kernelize/__init__.py b/tinygrad/schedule/__init__.py
similarity index 100%
rename from tinygrad/kernelize/__init__.py
rename to tinygrad/schedule/__init__.py
diff --git a/tinygrad/kernelize/grouper.py b/tinygrad/schedule/grouper.py
similarity index 100%
rename from tinygrad/kernelize/grouper.py
rename to tinygrad/schedule/grouper.py
diff --git a/tinygrad/kernelize/kernelize.py b/tinygrad/schedule/kernelize.py
similarity index 99%
rename from tinygrad/kernelize/kernelize.py
rename to tinygrad/schedule/kernelize.py
index 765989b8ec..231da90330 100644
--- a/tinygrad/kernelize/kernelize.py
+++ b/tinygrad/schedule/kernelize.py
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@ 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, colored, prod, dedup, unwrap, getenv, pluralize, FUSE_ARANGE, DEBUG, SPLIT_REDUCEOP
 from tinygrad.dtype import ImageDType
-from tinygrad.kernelize.multi import multi_pm
+from tinygrad.schedule.multi import multi_pm
 from tinygrad.shape.shapetracker import ShapeTracker
 from tinygrad.shape.view import View, strides_for_shape, get_contraction_with_reduce
-from tinygrad.kernelize.grouper import group_realizes, ALWAYS_CONTIGUOUS
+from tinygrad.schedule.grouper import group_realizes, ALWAYS_CONTIGUOUS
 
 # creation can recurse a lot
 import sys
diff --git a/tinygrad/kernelize/multi.py b/tinygrad/schedule/multi.py
similarity index 100%
rename from tinygrad/kernelize/multi.py
rename to tinygrad/schedule/multi.py
diff --git a/tinygrad/tensor.py b/tinygrad/tensor.py
index 6361a2775e..ef9f9bbad0 100644
--- a/tinygrad/tensor.py
+++ b/tinygrad/tensor.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ from tinygrad.device import Device, Buffer
 from tinygrad.engine.realize import run_schedule
 from tinygrad.engine.memory import memory_planner
 from tinygrad.engine.schedule import ScheduleItem, create_schedule_with_vars
-from tinygrad.kernelize.kernelize import get_kernelize_map
+from tinygrad.schedule.kernelize import get_kernelize_map
 
 # *** all in scope Tensors are here. this gets relevant UOps ***