diff --git a/tinygrad/nn/__init__.py b/tinygrad/nn/__init__.py
index 975dbed4c3..6f62a4d1aa 100644
--- a/tinygrad/nn/__init__.py
+++ b/tinygrad/nn/__init__.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import math
-from typing import Optional, Union, Tuple, cast
+from typing import Optional, Union, Tuple
 from tinygrad.tensor import Tensor
 from tinygrad.helpers import prod
 from tinygrad.nn import optim, state, datasets  # noqa: F401
@@ -98,16 +98,13 @@ class Conv2d:
   def __init__(self, in_channels, out_channels, kernel_size, stride=1, padding=0, dilation=1, groups=1, bias=True):
     self.kernel_size = (kernel_size, kernel_size) if isinstance(kernel_size, int) else tuple(kernel_size)
     self.stride, self.padding, self.dilation, self.groups = stride, padding, dilation, groups
-    self.weight = self.initialize_weight(out_channels, in_channels, groups)
-    bound = 1 / math.sqrt(cast(int, prod(self.weight.shape[1:])))  # weight shape is always ints but mypy cannot tell
-    self.bias = Tensor.uniform(out_channels, low=-bound, high=bound) if bias else None
+    scale = 1 / math.sqrt(in_channels * prod(self.kernel_size))
+    self.weight = Tensor.uniform(out_channels, in_channels//groups, *self.kernel_size, low=-scale, high=scale)
+    self.bias = Tensor.uniform(out_channels, low=-scale, high=scale) if bias else None
 
   def __call__(self, x:Tensor):
     return x.conv2d(self.weight, self.bias, padding=self.padding, stride=self.stride, dilation=self.dilation, groups=self.groups)
 
-  def initialize_weight(self, out_channels, in_channels, groups):
-    return Tensor.kaiming_uniform(out_channels, in_channels//groups, *self.kernel_size, a=math.sqrt(5))
-
 def ConvTranspose1d(in_channels, out_channels, kernel_size, stride=1, padding=0, output_padding=0, dilation=1, groups=1, bias=True):
   """
   Applies a 1D transposed convolution operator over an input signal composed of several input planes.
@@ -144,15 +141,14 @@ class ConvTranspose2d(Conv2d):
   """
   def __init__(self, in_channels, out_channels, kernel_size, stride=1, padding=0, output_padding=0, dilation=1, groups=1, bias=True):
     super().__init__(in_channels, out_channels, kernel_size, stride, padding, dilation, groups, bias)
+    scale = 1 / math.sqrt(in_channels * prod(self.kernel_size))
+    self.weight = Tensor.uniform(in_channels, out_channels//groups, *self.kernel_size, low=-scale, high=scale)
     self.output_padding = output_padding
 
   def __call__(self, x:Tensor):
     return x.conv_transpose2d(self.weight, self.bias, padding=self.padding, output_padding=self.output_padding, stride=self.stride,
                               dilation=self.dilation, groups=self.groups)
 
-  def initialize_weight(self, out_channels, in_channels, groups):
-    return Tensor.kaiming_uniform(in_channels, out_channels//groups, *self.kernel_size, a=math.sqrt(5))
-
 class Linear:
   """
   Applies a linear transformation to the incoming data.
@@ -170,9 +166,8 @@ class Linear:
   ```
   """
   def __init__(self, in_features, out_features, bias=True):
-    # TODO: is this init good? torch inits to uniform(-1/sqrt(in_features), 1/sqrt(in_features))
-    self.weight = Tensor.kaiming_uniform(out_features, in_features, a=math.sqrt(5))
     bound = 1 / math.sqrt(in_features)
+    self.weight = Tensor.uniform(out_features, in_features, low=-bound, high=bound)
     self.bias = Tensor.uniform(out_features, low=-bound, high=bound) if bias else None
 
   def __call__(self, x:Tensor):