diff --git a/test/test_uops.py b/test/test_uops.py
index 4a7ed30880..0f22c56816 100644
--- a/test/test_uops.py
+++ b/test/test_uops.py
@@ -544,86 +544,6 @@ class TestUopsObject(unittest.TestCase):
     with Timing("create 10k uops:"): ret = [UOp(Ops.CONST, dtypes.int, arg=10000000+i) for i in range(10000)]
     assert len(ret) == 10000
 
-
-class TestShapeSpec(unittest.TestCase):
-  # ** CONST is CONST(VIEW(DEVICE)) -> RESHPAE -> EXPAND
-
-  def test_expanded_const(self):
-    a = Tensor(1).uop
-    self.assertEqual(a.st, ShapeTracker.from_shape(()))
-    a = Tensor.ones((4, 4)).uop
-    self.assertEqual(a.st, ShapeTracker.from_shape(()).reshape((1,1)).expand((4,4)))
-
-  # NOTE: CONST ShapeTracker comes from its source
-  def test_scalar_const(self):
-    a = Tensor(0).uop
-    self.assertEqual(a.st, ShapeTracker.from_shape(()))
-
-  def test_scalar_var(self):
-    vv = UOp.variable("a", 1, 4).bind(2)
-    t = Tensor(vv).uop
-    self.assertEqual(t.st, ShapeTracker.from_shape(()))
-
-  # ** ASSIGN is ASSIGN(VIEW(BUFFER), new_val)
-
-  def test_assign_flat(self):
-    buffer = Tensor.arange(4).realize()
-    a = buffer.assign(Tensor.zeros((4,), dtype=dtypes.int))
-    assign_pattern = UPat(Ops.ASSIGN, src=(UPat(Ops.BUFFER), UPat()))
-    assert assign_pattern.match(a.uop, {})
-    a.realize()
-    self.assertEqual(buffer.tolist(), [0, 0, 0, 0])
-
-  def test_assign_permuted(self):
-    buffer = Tensor.arange(4).reshape(2, 1, 2).contiguous().realize()
-    a = buffer.permute((1, 2, 0)).assign(Tensor.arange(4).reshape(1, 2, 2).contiguous())
-    a.realize()
-    self.assertEqual(buffer.tolist(), [[[0, 2]], [[1, 3]]])
-
-  def test_assign_reshaped(self):
-    buffer = Tensor.ones((4,)).contiguous().realize()
-    a = buffer.reshape((2, 2)).assign(Tensor.zeros((2, 2)))
-    assign_pattern = UPat(Ops.ASSIGN, src=(UPat(Ops.RESHAPE, src=(UPat(Ops.BUFFER))), UPat()))
-    assert assign_pattern.match(a.uop, {})
-    a.realize()
-    self.assertEqual(buffer.tolist(), [0, 0, 0, 0])
-
-  # setitem is a partial assign
-  def test_setitem(self):
-    a = Tensor.ones((4,)).contiguous().realize()
-    assign = a.shrink(((1, 2),)).assign(Tensor.zeros((1,)))
-    # the ASSIGN UOp has size=1
-    self.assertEqual(assign.uop.size, 1)
-    # the ASSIGN views the buffer with a shrunk st
-    self.assertEqual(assign.uop.src[0].st, ShapeTracker.from_shape((4,)).shrink(((1, 2),)))
-    # the underlying BUFFER has a size=4
-    self.assertEqual(assign.uop.buf_uop.size, 4)
-    # NOTE: output shape is different from the BUFFER shape
-    self.assertNotEqual(assign.uop.shape, a.uop.shape)
-    assign.realize()
-    self.assertEqual(a.tolist(), [1, 0, 1, 1])
-
-  def test_buffer_st(self):
-    a = UOp.new_buffer(Device.DEFAULT, 10, dtypes.float)
-    self.assertEqual(a.st, ShapeTracker.from_shape((10,)))
-
-  def test_ops_st(self):
-    # view / mop
-    a = Tensor.empty(4, 2, 1).permute((1, 2, 0)).uop
-    self.assertEqual(a.st, ShapeTracker.from_shape((4, 2, 1)).permute((1, 2, 0)))
-    # alu / reduce
-    alu = a*2
-    self.assertEqual(alu.st, ShapeTracker.from_shape((2, 1, 4)))
-    r = Tensor.empty(4, 4).sum(axis=1)
-    self.assertEqual(r.uop.st, ShapeTracker.from_shape((4,)))
-
-  def test_st_wmma_none(self):
-    A = UOp(Ops.DEFINE_VAR, dtypes.float.vec(16), arg=('a', UOp.const(dtypes.float, 0), UOp.const(dtypes.float, 1)))
-    B = UOp(Ops.DEFINE_VAR, dtypes.float.vec(16), arg=('b', UOp.const(dtypes.float, 0), UOp.const(dtypes.float, 2)))
-    C = UOp(Ops.DEFINE_VAR, dtypes.float.vec(16), arg=('c', UOp.const(dtypes.float, 0), UOp.const(dtypes.float, 3)))
-    wmma = UOp(Ops.WMMA, dtypes.float.vec(16), (A, B, C))
-    assert wmma.st is None
-
 class TestUOpChildren(unittest.TestCase):
   def test_children_exist(self):
     a = UOp.variable("weird_name_234", 0, 10)