diff --git a/src/jimgw/single_event/transforms.py b/src/jimgw/single_event/transforms.py
index 0af0fe42..ad91a56a 100644
--- a/src/jimgw/single_event/transforms.py
+++ b/src/jimgw/single_event/transforms.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import jax.lax
 import jax.numpy as jnp
 from beartype import beartype as typechecker
 from jaxtyping import Float, Array, jaxtyped
@@ -261,10 +260,10 @@ def __init__(
             )
         )
 
-        self.get_iota = lambda x: jax.lax.cond(
-            "iota" in conditional_names,
-            lambda _: x["iota"],
-            lambda _: spin_to_iota(
+        if "iota" in conditional_names:
+            self.get_iota = lambda x: x["iota"]
+        else:
+            self.get_iota = lambda x: spin_to_iota(
                 x["theta_jn"],
                 x["phi_jl"],
                 x["theta_1"],
@@ -276,9 +275,7 @@ def __init__(
                 x["q"],
                 self.freq_ref,
                 0.0,
-            ),
-            operand=None,
-        )
+            )
 
         @jnp.vectorize
         def _calc_R_det_arg(ra, dec, psi, iota, gmst):
@@ -371,10 +368,10 @@ def __init__(
             and "M_c" in conditional_names
         )
 
-        self.get_iota = lambda x: jax.lax.cond(
-            "iota" in conditional_names,
-            lambda _: x["iota"],
-            lambda _: spin_to_iota(
+        if "iota" in conditional_names:
+            self.get_iota = lambda x: x["iota"]
+        else:
+            self.get_iota = lambda x: spin_to_iota(
                 x["theta_jn"],
                 x["phi_jl"],
                 x["theta_1"],
@@ -386,9 +383,7 @@ def __init__(
                 x["q"],
                 self.freq_ref,
                 0.0,
-            ),
-            operand=None,
-        )
+            )
 
         @jnp.vectorize
         def _calc_R_dets(ra, dec, psi, iota):