diff --git a/src/irgen.jl b/src/irgen.jl
index 971ba64e..ca3f21cf 100644
--- a/src/irgen.jl
+++ b/src/irgen.jl
@@ -343,7 +343,6 @@ end
 # https://reviews.llvm.org/D79744
 function lower_byval(@nospecialize(job::CompilerJob), mod::LLVM.Module, f::LLVM.Function)
     ft = function_type(f)
-    @compiler_assert return_type(ft) == LLVM.VoidType() job
     @timeit_debug to "lower byval" begin
 
     # find the byval parameters
diff --git a/src/metal.jl b/src/metal.jl
index 1dd942ce..43db3db3 100644
--- a/src/metal.jl
+++ b/src/metal.jl
@@ -356,7 +356,6 @@ end
 # Metal doesn't support passing valuse, so we need to convert those to references instead
 function pass_by_reference!(@nospecialize(job::CompilerJob), mod::LLVM.Module, f::LLVM.Function)
     ft = function_type(f)
-    @compiler_assert return_type(ft) == LLVM.VoidType() job
 
     # generate the new function type & definition
     args = classify_arguments(job, ft)
diff --git a/src/spirv.jl b/src/spirv.jl
index 0ba30dae..14883bb8 100644
--- a/src/spirv.jl
+++ b/src/spirv.jl
@@ -220,7 +220,6 @@ end
 # wrap byval pointers in a single-value struct
 function wrap_byval(@nospecialize(job::CompilerJob), mod::LLVM.Module, f::LLVM.Function)
     ft = function_type(f)::LLVM.FunctionType
-    @compiler_assert return_type(ft) == LLVM.VoidType() job
 
     # find the byval parameters
     byval = BitVector(undef, length(parameters(ft)))
@@ -253,7 +252,7 @@ function wrap_byval(@nospecialize(job::CompilerJob), mod::LLVM.Module, f::LLVM.F
         end
         push!(new_types, typ)
     end
-    new_ft = LLVM.FunctionType(LLVM.VoidType(), new_types)
+    new_ft = LLVM.FunctionType(return_type(ft), new_types)
     new_f = LLVM.Function(mod, "", new_ft)
     linkage!(new_f, linkage(f))
     for (arg, new_arg) in zip(parameters(f), parameters(new_f))