diff --git a/examples/openpilot/compile3.py b/examples/openpilot/compile3.py
index 66c34f7248b25..bb604fa3dd6e7 100644
--- a/examples/openpilot/compile3.py
+++ b/examples/openpilot/compile3.py
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 import os, sys, pickle, time, re
 import numpy as np
-if "FLOAT16" not in os.environ: os.environ["FLOAT16"] = "1"
-if "IMAGE" not in os.environ: os.environ["IMAGE"] = "2"
-if "NOLOCALS" not in os.environ: os.environ[ "NOLOCALS" ] = "1"
+if "DEV" not in os.environ or os.environ.get("DEV") == "QCOM":
+  if "FLOAT16" not in os.environ: os.environ["FLOAT16"] = "1"
+  if "IMAGE" not in os.environ: os.environ["IMAGE"] = "2"
+  if "NOLOCALS" not in os.environ: os.environ["NOLOCALS"] = "1"
 if "JIT_BATCH_SIZE" not in os.environ: os.environ["JIT_BATCH_SIZE"] = "0"
 
 from tinygrad import fetch, Tensor, TinyJit, Context, GlobalCounters, Device, dtypes