diff --git a/tinygrad/runtime/ops_metal.py b/tinygrad/runtime/ops_metal.py
index 5a54cf8213..27169410f7 100644
--- a/tinygrad/runtime/ops_metal.py
+++ b/tinygrad/runtime/ops_metal.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import subprocess, pathlib, struct, ctypes, tempfile, functools, contextlib, decimal, platform, sys
-from tinygrad.helpers import prod, to_mv, getenv, round_up, cache_dir, init_c_struct_t, PROFILE, ProfileRangeEvent, cpu_profile, unwrap
+from tinygrad.helpers import prod, to_mv, getenv, round_up, cache_dir, PROFILE, ProfileRangeEvent, cpu_profile, unwrap
 import tinygrad.runtime.support.objc as objc
 from tinygrad.device import Compiled, Compiler, CompileError, LRUAllocator, ProfileDeviceEvent, CompilerSet, CompilerPair
 from tinygrad.renderer.cstyle import MetalRenderer
@@ -17,9 +17,6 @@ ctypes.CDLL("/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreGraphics.framework/CoreGraphics")
 def to_ns_str(s: str): return ctypes.cast(objc.msg("stringWithUTF8String:")(metal.NSString._objc_class_, s.encode()), metal.NSString)
 def from_ns_str(s): return bytes(objc.msg("UTF8String", ctypes.c_char_p)(s)).decode()
 
-def to_struct(*t: int, _type: type[ctypes._SimpleCData] = ctypes.c_ulong):
-  return init_c_struct_t(tuple([(f"field{i}", _type) for i in range(len(t))]))(*t)
-
 def wait_check(cbuf:metal.MTLCommandBuffer):
   cbuf.waitUntilCompleted()
   error_check(cbuf.error().retained())