diff --git a/openpilot/selfdrive/modeld/compile_modeld.py b/openpilot/selfdrive/modeld/compile_modeld.py
index ebc3f21a13..34e3095557 100755
--- a/openpilot/selfdrive/modeld/compile_modeld.py
+++ b/openpilot/selfdrive/modeld/compile_modeld.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import argparse
 import atexit
 import math
 import os
-import pickle
 import tempfile
 import time
 import shutil
@@ -31,22 +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
diff --git a/openpilot/selfdrive/modeld/helpers.py b/openpilot/selfdrive/modeld/helpers.py
index 608bc6aa64..7c322c5993 100644
--- a/openpilot/selfdrive/modeld/helpers.py
+++ b/openpilot/selfdrive/modeld/helpers.py
@@ -38,14 +38,10 @@ def dump_oob(obj, f):
 def load_oob(f):
   opcodes = f.read(struct.unpack('<q', f.read(8))[0])
   def buffers():
-    prev = None
     while (h := f.read(8)):
-      if prev is not None:
-        prev.release()
-      buf = bytearray(struct.unpack('<q', h)[0])
-      f.readinto(buf)
-      prev = pickle.PickleBuffer(buf)
-      yield prev
+      pb = pickle.PickleBuffer(bytearray(struct.unpack('<q', h)[0]))
+      f.readinto(pb)
+      yield pb
   return pickle.load(io.BytesIO(opcodes), buffers=buffers())
 
 def usbgpu_present() -> bool:
diff --git a/tinygrad_repo b/tinygrad_repo
index e6fbede157..ef37830d13 160000
--- a/tinygrad_repo
+++ b/tinygrad_repo
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit e6fbede1576f0a201e0b2c112499552a61280abd
+Subproject commit ef37830d138838933d6d70d0024de9f130cb2308