diff --git a/src/whisper.cpp b/src/whisper.cpp
index d6c277764..5c08478ae 100644
--- a/src/whisper.cpp
+++ b/src/whisper.cpp
@@ -1437,22 +1437,6 @@ static bool weight_buft_supported(const whisper_hparams & hparams, ggml_tensor *
         // GPU and default CPU backend support all operators
         op_supported = true;
     } else {
-        ggml_init_params params = {
-            /*.mem_size   =*/ 2 * ggml_tensor_overhead(),
-            /*.mem_buffer =*/ nullptr,
-            /*.no_alloc   =*/ true,
-        };
-
-        ggml_context_ptr ctx_ptr { ggml_init(params) };
-        if (!ctx_ptr) {
-            throw std::runtime_error("failed to create ggml context");
-        }
-        ggml_context * ctx = ctx_ptr.get();
-
-        ggml_tensor * op_tensor = nullptr;
-
-        int64_t n_ctx = hparams.n_audio_ctx;
-
         switch (op) {
             // The current extra_buffer_type implementations only support GGML_OP_MUL_MAT and GGML_OP_GET_ROWS
             case GGML_OP_GET_ROWS:
@@ -1475,10 +1459,8 @@ static bool weight_buft_supported(const whisper_hparams & hparams, ggml_tensor *
                     int64_t n_ctx = hparams.n_audio_ctx;
                     ggml_tensor * b = ggml_new_tensor_4d(ctx, GGML_TYPE_F32, w->ne[0], n_ctx, w->ne[2], w->ne[3]);
                     op_tensor = ggml_mul_mat(ctx, w, b);
-                } 
-                else if (op == GGML_OP_GET_ROWS) {
+                } else if (op == GGML_OP_GET_ROWS) {
                     int64_t num_indices = 8;
-                    int64_t n_ctx = hparams.n_audio_ctx;
                     ggml_tensor * indices = ggml_new_tensor_1d(ctx, GGML_TYPE_I32, num_indices);
                     op_tensor = ggml_get_rows(ctx, w, indices);
                 }
@@ -1491,18 +1473,6 @@ static bool weight_buft_supported(const whisper_hparams & hparams, ggml_tensor *
                 w->buffer = nullptr;
                 break;
             }
-            // case GGML_OP_GET_ROWS: {
-            //     ggml_tensor * b = ggml_new_tensor_1d(ctx, GGML_TYPE_I32, n_ctx);
-            //     op_tensor = ggml_get_rows(ctx, w, b);
-
-            //     // create a temporary dummy buffer for the weight so that supports_op can check the buffer type
-            //     GGML_ASSERT(w->buffer == nullptr);
-            //     w->buffer = ggml_backend_buft_alloc_buffer(buft, 0);
-            //     op_supported = ggml_backend_dev_supports_op(dev, op_tensor);
-            //     ggml_backend_buffer_free(w->buffer);
-            //     w->buffer = nullptr;
-            //     break;
-            // }
             default: {
                 op_supported = false;
                 break;