diff --git a/src/panfrost/bifrost/bifrost_compile.c b/src/panfrost/bifrost/bifrost_compile.c
index dbd4295303e..37c9f28f894 100644
--- a/src/panfrost/bifrost/bifrost_compile.c
+++ b/src/panfrost/bifrost/bifrost_compile.c
@@ -2865,6 +2865,27 @@ should_split_wrmask(const nir_instr *instr, UNUSED const void *data)
         }
 }
 
+/* Bifrost wants transcendentals as FP32 */
+
+static unsigned
+bi_lower_bit_size(const nir_instr *instr, UNUSED void *data)
+{
+        if (instr->type != nir_instr_type_alu)
+                return 0;
+
+        nir_alu_instr *alu = nir_instr_as_alu(instr);
+
+        switch (alu->op) {
+        case nir_op_fexp2:
+        case nir_op_flog2:
+        case nir_op_fsin:
+        case nir_op_fcos:
+                return (nir_dest_bit_size(alu->dest.dest) == 32) ? 0 : 32;
+        default:
+                return 0;
+        }
+}
+
 static void
 bi_optimize_nir(nir_shader *nir, bool is_blend)
 {
@@ -2955,7 +2976,6 @@ bi_optimize_nir(nir_shader *nir, bool is_blend)
                 NIR_PASS(progress, nir, nir_opt_cse);
         }
 
-        NIR_PASS(progress, nir, bifrost_nir_lower_algebraic_late);
         NIR_PASS(progress, nir, nir_lower_alu_to_scalar, NULL, NULL);
 
         /* Backend scheduler is purely local, so do some global optimizations
@@ -3115,6 +3135,7 @@ bifrost_compile_shader_nir(nir_shader *nir,
         NIR_PASS_V(nir, nir_lower_ssbo);
         NIR_PASS_V(nir, pan_nir_lower_zs_store);
         NIR_PASS_V(nir, pan_lower_sample_pos);
+        NIR_PASS_V(nir, nir_lower_bit_size, bi_lower_bit_size, NULL);
 
         if (nir->info.stage == MESA_SHADER_FRAGMENT) {
                 NIR_PASS_V(nir, nir_shader_instructions_pass,
diff --git a/src/panfrost/bifrost/bifrost_nir_algebraic.py b/src/panfrost/bifrost/bifrost_nir_algebraic.py
deleted file mode 100644
index cad2ffb5021..00000000000
--- a/src/panfrost/bifrost/bifrost_nir_algebraic.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,58 +0,0 @@
-#
-# Copyright (C) 2020 Collabora, Ltd.
-# Copyright (C) 2018 Alyssa Rosenzweig
-# Copyright (C) 2016 Intel Corporation
-#
-# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
-# copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
-# to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation
-# the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense,
-# and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
-# Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
-#
-# The above copyright notice and this permission notice (including the next
-# paragraph) shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the
-# Software.
-#
-# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
-# IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
-# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.  IN NO EVENT SHALL
-# THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
-# LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
-# FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS
-# IN THE SOFTWARE.
-
-import argparse
-import sys
-import math
-
-a = 'a'
-b = 'b'
-c = 'c'
-
-algebraic_late = []
-
-# Bifrost doesn't have fp16 for a lot of special ops
-SPECIAL = ['fexp2', 'flog2', 'fsin', 'fcos']
-
-for op in SPECIAL:
-        algebraic_late += [((op + '@16', a), ('f2f16', (op, ('f2f32', a))))]
-
-def main():
-    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
-    parser.add_argument('-p', '--import-path', required=True)
-    args = parser.parse_args()
-    sys.path.insert(0, args.import_path)
-    run()
-
-
-def run():
-    import nir_algebraic  # pylint: disable=import-error
-
-    print('#include "bifrost_nir.h"')
-
-    print(nir_algebraic.AlgebraicPass("bifrost_nir_lower_algebraic_late",
-                                      algebraic_late).render())
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-    main()
diff --git a/src/panfrost/bifrost/meson.build b/src/panfrost/bifrost/meson.build
index 782810661c4..018189b8453 100644
--- a/src/panfrost/bifrost/meson.build
+++ b/src/panfrost/bifrost/meson.build
@@ -37,18 +37,6 @@ libpanfrost_bifrost_files = files(
   'bifrost_compile.c',
 )
 
-bifrost_nir_algebraic_c = custom_target(
-  'bifrost_nir_algebraic.c',
-  input : 'bifrost_nir_algebraic.py',
-  output : 'bifrost_nir_algebraic.c',
-  command : [
-    prog_python, '@INPUT@',
-    '-p', join_paths(meson.source_root(), 'src/compiler/nir/'),
-  ],
-  capture : true,
-  depend_files : nir_algebraic_py,
-)
-
 bifrost_gen_disasm_c = custom_target(
   'bifrost_gen_disasm.c',
   input : ['gen_disasm.py', 'ISA.xml'],
@@ -126,7 +114,7 @@ libpanfrost_bifrost_disasm = static_library(
 
 libpanfrost_bifrost = static_library(
   'panfrost_bifrost',
-  [libpanfrost_bifrost_files, bifrost_nir_algebraic_c, bi_opcodes_c, bi_printer_c, bi_packer_c],
+  [libpanfrost_bifrost_files, bi_opcodes_c, bi_printer_c, bi_packer_c],
   include_directories : [inc_include, inc_src, inc_mapi, inc_mesa, inc_gallium, inc_gallium_aux, inc_panfrost_hw],
   dependencies: [idep_nir, idep_bi_opcodes_h, idep_bi_builder_h],
   link_with: [libpanfrost_util, libpanfrost_bifrost_disasm],