diff --git a/src/layers/normalise.jl b/src/layers/normalise.jl
index d38be00df3..1c8fbff5a1 100644
--- a/src/layers/normalise.jl
+++ b/src/layers/normalise.jl
@@ -226,7 +226,9 @@ function _norm_layer_forward(
   l, x::AbstractArray{T, N}; reduce_dims, affine_shape,
 ) where {T, N}
   if !_isactive(l, x) && l.track_stats # testmode with tracked stats
-    stats_shape = ntuple(i -> i == N-1 ? size(x, N-1) : 1, N)
+    stats_shape = ChainRulesCore.ignore_derivatives() do
+      ntuple(i -> i == N-1 ? size(x, N-1) : 1, N)
+    end
     μ = reshape(l.μ, stats_shape)
     σ² = reshape(l.σ², stats_shape)
   else # trainmode or testmode without tracked stats
@@ -347,7 +349,9 @@ trainable(bn::BatchNorm) = hasaffine(bn) ? (β = bn.β, γ = bn.γ) : (;)
 function (BN::BatchNorm)(x::AbstractArray{T,N}) where {T,N}
   _size_check(BN, x, N-1 => BN.chs)
   reduce_dims = [1:N-2; N]
-  affine_shape = ntuple(i -> i == N-1 ? size(x, N-1) : 1, N)
+  affine_shape = ChainRulesCore.ignore_derivatives() do
+    ntuple(i -> i == N-1 ? size(x, N-1) : 1, N)
+  end
   return _norm_layer_forward(BN, x; reduce_dims, affine_shape)
 end
 
@@ -439,7 +443,9 @@ trainable(in::InstanceNorm) = hasaffine(in) ? (β = in.β, γ = in.γ) : (;)
 function (l::InstanceNorm)(x::AbstractArray{T,N}) where {T,N}
   _size_check(l, x, N-1 => l.chs)
   reduce_dims = 1:N-2
-  affine_shape = ntuple(i -> i == N-1 ? size(x, N-1) : 1, N)
+  affine_shape = ChainRulesCore.ignore_derivatives() do
+    ntuple(i -> i == N-1 ? size(x, N-1) : 1, N)
+  end
   return _norm_layer_forward(l, x; reduce_dims, affine_shape)
 end
 
@@ -456,10 +462,10 @@ end
 
 """
     GroupNorm(channels::Int, G::Int, λ = identity;
-              initβ = zeros32, 
+              initβ = zeros32,
               initγ = ones32,
-              affine = true, 
-              eps = 1f-5, 
+              affine = true,
+              eps = 1f-5,
               momentum = 0.1f0)
 
 [Group Normalization](https://arxiv.org/abs/1803.08494) layer.
@@ -538,12 +544,14 @@ function GroupNorm(chs::Int, G::Int, λ=identity;
 end
 
 function (gn::GroupNorm)(x::AbstractArray)
-  _size_check(gn, x, ndims(x)-1 => gn.chs) 
+  _size_check(gn, x, ndims(x)-1 => gn.chs)
   sz = size(x)
   x2 = reshape(x, sz[1:end-2]..., sz[end-1]÷gn.G, gn.G, sz[end])
   N = ndims(x2)  # == ndims(x)+1
   reduce_dims = 1:N-2
-  affine_shape = ntuple(i -> i ∈ (N-1, N-2) ? size(x2, i) : 1, N)
+  affine_shape = ChainRulesCore.ignore_derivatives() do
+    ntuple(i -> i ∈ (N-1, N-2) ? size(x2, i) : 1, N)
+  end
   x3 = _norm_layer_forward(gn, x2; reduce_dims, affine_shape)
   return reshape(x3, sz)
 end