diff --git a/release/files_common b/release/files_common
index 1e16cb9439..9718282137 100644
--- a/release/files_common
+++ b/release/files_common
@@ -589,7 +589,6 @@ tinygrad_repo/extra/thneed.py
 tinygrad_repo/extra/utils.py
 tinygrad_repo/tinygrad/codegen/kernel.py
 tinygrad_repo/tinygrad/codegen/linearizer.py
-tinygrad_repo/tinygrad/codegen/optimizer.py
 tinygrad_repo/tinygrad/features/image.py
 tinygrad_repo/tinygrad/nn/*
 tinygrad_repo/tinygrad/renderer/cstyle.py