diff --git a/ml/backend.go b/ml/backend.go
index 855ca245e..2bf3e8540 100644
--- a/ml/backend.go
+++ b/ml/backend.go
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ type Context interface {
 
 	Forward(Tensor)
 	Compute(Tensor) Tensor
-	Close() error
+	Close()
 }
 
 type Tensor interface {
diff --git a/ml/backend/ggml/ggml.go b/ml/backend/ggml/ggml.go
index 8274f3ebb..d34fef3a6 100644
--- a/ml/backend/ggml/ggml.go
+++ b/ml/backend/ggml/ggml.go
@@ -306,10 +306,9 @@ func (c Context) FromIntSlice(s []int32, shape ...int) (ml.Tensor, error) {
 	return fromSlice(c, s, shape, C.GGML_TYPE_I32)
 }
 
-func (c *Context) Close() error {
+func (c *Context) Close() {
 	C.ggml_backend_sched_free(c.sched)
 	C.ggml_free(c.ctx)
-	return nil
 }
 
 type Tensor struct {