diff --git a/python/src/ops.cpp b/python/src/ops.cpp
index 19d089446..2572a6d53 100644
--- a/python/src/ops.cpp
+++ b/python/src/ops.cpp
@@ -5194,26 +5194,18 @@ void init_ops(nb::module_& m) {
       [](const nb::args& shapes) {
         if (shapes.size() == 0)
           throw std::invalid_argument(
-              "broadcast_shapes expects a sequence of shapes");
-
-        std::vector<mx::Shape> shape_vec;
-        shape_vec.reserve(shapes.size());
+              "[broadcast_shapes] Must provide at least one shape.");
 
+        mx::Shape result;
         for (size_t i = 0; i < shapes.size(); ++i) {
           if (!nb::isinstance<mx::Shape>(shapes[i]) &&
               !nb::isinstance<nb::tuple>(shapes[i]))
             throw std::invalid_argument(
-                "broadcast_shapes expects a sequence of shapes (tuple or list of ints)");
-
-          shape_vec.push_back(nb::cast<mx::Shape>(shapes[i]));
+                "[broadcast_shapes] Expects a sequence of shapes (tuple or list of ints).");
+          result = mx::broadcast_shapes(result, nb::cast<mx::Shape>(shapes[i]));
         }
 
-        mx::Shape result = shape_vec[0];
-        for (size_t i = 1; i < shape_vec.size(); ++i)
-          result = mx::broadcast_shapes(result, shape_vec[i]);
-
-        auto py_list = nb::cast(result);
-        return nb::tuple(py_list);
+        return nb::tuple(nb::cast(result));
       },
       nb::sig("def broadcast_shapes(*shapes: Sequence[int]) -> Tuple[int]"),
       R"pbdoc(