diff --git a/hail/python/hail/linalg/blockmatrix.py b/hail/python/hail/linalg/blockmatrix.py
index 3998b65452a..175e3dadff5 100644
--- a/hail/python/hail/linalg/blockmatrix.py
+++ b/hail/python/hail/linalg/blockmatrix.py
@@ -1303,14 +1303,7 @@ def T(self):
         if self.n_rows == 1 and self.n_cols == 1:
             return self
 
-        if self.n_rows == 1:
-            index_expr = [0]
-        elif self.n_cols == 1:
-            index_expr = [1]
-        else:
-            index_expr = [1, 0]
-
-        return BlockMatrix(BlockMatrixBroadcast(self._bmir, index_expr, [self.n_cols, self.n_rows], self.block_size))
+        return BlockMatrix(BlockMatrixBroadcast(self._bmir, [1, 0], [self.n_cols, self.n_rows], self.block_size))
 
     def densify(self):
         """Restore all dropped blocks as explicit blocks of zeros.