diff --git a/src/bloqade/rewrite/passes/aggressive_unroll.py b/src/bloqade/rewrite/passes/aggressive_unroll.py
index 989eac70..eadeb56a 100644
--- a/src/bloqade/rewrite/passes/aggressive_unroll.py
+++ b/src/bloqade/rewrite/passes/aggressive_unroll.py
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ def unsafe_run(self, mt: Method) -> RewriteResult:
             ilist.rewrite.InlineGetItem(),
             ilist.rewrite.FlattenAdd(),
             ilist.rewrite.HintLen(),
+            DeadCodeElimination(),
         )
         result = Fixpoint(Walk(rule)).rewrite(mt.code).join(result)
 
diff --git a/src/bloqade/rewrite/passes/canonicalize_ilist.py b/src/bloqade/rewrite/passes/canonicalize_ilist.py
index 4514fec0..88b42adb 100644
--- a/src/bloqade/rewrite/passes/canonicalize_ilist.py
+++ b/src/bloqade/rewrite/passes/canonicalize_ilist.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
     Walk,
     Chain,
     Fixpoint,
+    DeadCodeElimination,
 )
 from kirin.dialects.ilist import rewrite
 
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ def unsafe_run(self, mt: ir.Method):
                     rewrite.InlineGetItem(),
                     rewrite.FlattenAdd(),
                     rewrite.HintLen(),
+                    DeadCodeElimination(),
                 )
             )
         ).rewrite(mt.code)