diff --git a/tinygrad/schedule/indexing.py b/tinygrad/schedule/indexing.py
index 76ed69d3dbb67..4bb842ad1e59c 100644
--- a/tinygrad/schedule/indexing.py
+++ b/tinygrad/schedule/indexing.py
@@ -118,8 +118,6 @@ def handle_assign_mops(ctx:IndexingContext, assign:UOp, target:UOp, src:UOp):
   (UPat(GroupOp.All, name="x"), create_bufferize_and_index_based_on_ranges),
   # remove movement op
   (UPat(GroupOp.Movement, name="x"), remove_movement_op_after_rangeify),
-  # const/define_var shouldn't have src
-  (UPat((Ops.CONST, Ops.DEFINE_VAR), name="c"), lambda ctx,c: c.replace(src=()) if c in ctx.range_map else None),
 ])
 
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