diff --git a/ggml-cuda/rope.cu b/ggml-cuda/rope.cu
index 8aba089f4..bf0342e32 100644
--- a/ggml-cuda/rope.cu
+++ b/ggml-cuda/rope.cu
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ void ggml_cuda_op_rope(ggml_backend_cuda_context & ctx, ggml_tensor * dst) {
             freq_factors = (const float *) src2->data;
         }
     } else {
-        GGML_ASSERT(src2 == nullptr && "TODO: freq_factors not implemented for mode 1");
+        GGML_ASSERT(src2 == nullptr && "TODO: freq_factors not implemented for !is_neox");
     }
 
     rope_corr_dims corr_dims;
diff --git a/ggml-metal.m b/ggml-metal.m
index 7bc75f39b..5d5ad20ad 100644
--- a/ggml-metal.m
+++ b/ggml-metal.m
@@ -2263,18 +2263,8 @@ static enum ggml_status ggml_metal_graph_compute(
 
                         GGML_ASSERT(!is_glm && "GLM RoPE not implemented in Metal");
 
-                        if (is_neox) {
-                            // TODO: move these asserts to ggml.c
-                            GGML_ASSERT(src1->type == GGML_TYPE_I32);
-                            GGML_ASSERT(src1->ne[0] == ne2);
-
-                            if (id_src2 != nil) {
-                                // TODO: move these asserts to ggml.c
-                                GGML_ASSERT(src2->type == GGML_TYPE_F32);
-                                GGML_ASSERT(src2->ne[0] >= n_dims / 2);
-                            }
-                        } else {
-                            GGML_ASSERT(id_src2 == nil && "TODO: freq_factors not implemented for mode 1");
+                        if (!is_neox) {
+                            GGML_ASSERT(id_src2 == nil && "TODO: freq_factors not implemented for !is_neox");
                         }
 
                         id<MTLComputePipelineState> pipeline = nil;