diff --git a/src/csrc/umath/comparison_ops.cpp b/src/csrc/umath/comparison_ops.cpp
index f9a0539..92d675b 100644
--- a/src/csrc/umath/comparison_ops.cpp
+++ b/src/csrc/umath/comparison_ops.cpp
@@ -288,16 +288,7 @@ NPY_NO_EXPORT int
 comparison_ufunc_promoter(PyObject *ufunc_obj, PyArray_DTypeMeta *const op_dtypes[],
                           PyArray_DTypeMeta *const signature[], PyArray_DTypeMeta *new_op_dtypes[])
 {
-    // Reduction: accumulator is Bool, element is QuadPrecDType, output is Bool
-    if (op_dtypes[0] == NULL) {
-        Py_INCREF(&PyArray_BoolDType);
-        new_op_dtypes[0] = &PyArray_BoolDType;
-        Py_INCREF(op_dtypes[1]);
-        new_op_dtypes[1] = op_dtypes[1];
-        Py_INCREF(&PyArray_BoolDType);
-        new_op_dtypes[2] = &PyArray_BoolDType;
-        return 0;
-    }
+    assert(op_dtypes[0] != NULL);
 
     PyUFuncObject *ufunc = (PyUFuncObject *)ufunc_obj;
     if (quad_ufunc_has_object_input(ufunc, op_dtypes)) {
diff --git a/src/include/umath/promoters.hpp b/src/include/umath/promoters.hpp
index 2f41bb5..b049a58 100644
--- a/src/include/umath/promoters.hpp
+++ b/src/include/umath/promoters.hpp
@@ -39,15 +39,7 @@ quad_ufunc_promoter(PyObject *ufunc_obj, PyArray_DTypeMeta *const op_dtypes[],
     PyUFuncObject *ufunc = (PyUFuncObject *)ufunc_obj;
     int nargs = ufunc->nargs;
 
-    // Handle the special case for reductions
-    if (op_dtypes[0] == NULL) {
-        assert(ufunc->nin == 2 && ufunc->nout == 1); /* must be reduction */
-        for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
-            Py_INCREF(op_dtypes[1]);
-            new_op_dtypes[i] = op_dtypes[1];
-        }
-        return 0;
-    }
+    assert(op_dtypes[0] != NULL);
 
     if (quad_ufunc_has_object_input(ufunc, op_dtypes)) {
         for (int i = 0; i < nargs; i++) {