diff --git a/openpilot/selfdrive/modeld/compile_modeld.py b/openpilot/selfdrive/modeld/compile_modeld.py
index 769fb69eb..19f94f354 100755
--- a/openpilot/selfdrive/modeld/compile_modeld.py
+++ b/openpilot/selfdrive/modeld/compile_modeld.py
@@ -30,23 +30,6 @@ def _patch_tinygrad_fetch_fw():
   helpers.fetch_fw = fetch_fw
 _patch_tinygrad_fetch_fw()
 
-def _patch_tinygrad_buffer_reduce():
-  from tinygrad.device import Buffer
-  def __reduce_ex__(self, protocol):
-    buf = None
-    if self._base is not None:
-      return self.__class__, (self.device, self.size, self.dtype, None, None, None, 0, self.base, self.offset, self.is_allocated())
-    if self.device == "NPY":
-      return self.__class__, (self.device, self.size, self.dtype, self._buf, self.options, None, self.uop_refcount)
-    if self.is_allocated():
-      buf = bytearray(self.nbytes)
-      self.copyout(memoryview(buf))
-      if protocol >= 5:
-        buf = pickle.PickleBuffer(buf)
-    return self.__class__, (self.device, self.size, self.dtype, None, self.options, buf, self.uop_refcount)
-  Buffer.__reduce_ex__ = __reduce_ex__
-_patch_tinygrad_buffer_reduce()
-
 from tinygrad.tensor import Tensor
 from tinygrad.helpers import Context
 from tinygrad.device import Device