diff --git a/src/gt4py/next/program_processors/runners/dace_iterator/itir_to_sdfg.py b/src/gt4py/next/program_processors/runners/dace_iterator/itir_to_sdfg.py
index 63e9fb03dc..525a5c694e 100644
--- a/src/gt4py/next/program_processors/runners/dace_iterator/itir_to_sdfg.py
+++ b/src/gt4py/next/program_processors/runners/dace_iterator/itir_to_sdfg.py
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ def _visit_scan_stencil_closure(
         assert isinstance(node.output, SymRef)
         neighbor_tables = filter_neighbor_tables(self.offset_provider)
         input_names = [str(inp.id) for inp in node.inputs]
-        connectivity_names = [connectivity_identifier(offset) for offset, _ in neighbor_tables]
+        connectivity_names = [connectivity_identifier(offset) for offset in neighbor_tables.keys()]
 
         # find the scan dimension, same as output dimension, and exclude it from the map domain
         map_ranges = {}
diff --git a/src/gt4py/next/program_processors/runners/dace_iterator/itir_to_tasklet.py b/src/gt4py/next/program_processors/runners/dace_iterator/itir_to_tasklet.py
index ab03d29389..ba969608a7 100644
--- a/src/gt4py/next/program_processors/runners/dace_iterator/itir_to_tasklet.py
+++ b/src/gt4py/next/program_processors/runners/dace_iterator/itir_to_tasklet.py
@@ -763,7 +763,6 @@ def _visit_deref(self, node: itir.FunCall) -> list[ValueExpr]:
             # already a list of ValueExpr
             return iterator
 
-        args: list[ValueExpr]
         sorted_dims = sorted(iterator.dimensions)
         if all([dim in iterator.indices for dim in iterator.dimensions]):
             # The deref iterator has index values on all dimensions: the result will be a scalar
@@ -781,16 +780,16 @@ def _visit_deref(self, node: itir.FunCall) -> list[ValueExpr]:
             )
 
         else:
-            # Not all dimensions are included in the deref index list:
-            # this means the ND-field will be sliced along one or more dimensions and the result will be an array
-            field_array = self.context.body.arrays[iterator.field.data]
-            result_shape = tuple(
-                dim_size
-                for dim, dim_size in zip(sorted_dims, field_array.shape)
-                if dim not in iterator.indices
-            )
+            dims_not_indexed = [dim for dim in iterator.dimensions if dim not in iterator.indices]
+            assert len(dims_not_indexed) == 1
+            offset = dims_not_indexed[0]
+            offset_provider = self.offset_provider[offset]
+            neighbor_dim = offset_provider.neighbor_axis.value
+
             result_name = unique_var_name()
-            self.context.body.add_array(result_name, result_shape, iterator.dtype, transient=True)
+            self.context.body.add_array(
+                result_name, (offset_provider.max_neighbors,), iterator.dtype, transient=True
+            )
             result_array = self.context.body.arrays[result_name]
             result_node = self.context.state.add_access(result_name, debuginfo=di)
 
@@ -800,19 +799,17 @@ def _visit_deref(self, node: itir.FunCall) -> list[ValueExpr]:
             deref_nodes = [iterator.field] + [
                 iterator.indices[dim] for dim in sorted_dims if dim in iterator.indices
             ]
-            deref_memlets = [dace.Memlet.from_array(iterator.field.data, field_array)] + [
-                dace.Memlet(data=node.data, subset="0") for node in deref_nodes[1:]
-            ]
+            deref_memlets = [
+                dace.Memlet.from_array(iterator.field.data, iterator.field.desc(self.context.body))
+            ] + [dace.Memlet(data=node.data, subset="0") for node in deref_nodes[1:]]
 
             # we create a mapped tasklet for array slicing
+            index_name = unique_name(f"_i_{neighbor_dim}")
             map_ranges = {
-                f"_i_{dim}": f"0:{size}"
-                for dim, size in zip(sorted_dims, field_array.shape)
-                if dim not in iterator.indices
+                index_name: f"0:{offset_provider.max_neighbors}",
             }
-            src_subset = ",".join([f"_i_{dim}" for dim in sorted_dims])
-            dst_subset = ",".join(
-                [f"_i_{dim}" for dim in sorted_dims if dim not in iterator.indices]
+            src_subset = ",".join(
+                [f"_i_{dim}" if dim in iterator.indices else index_name for dim in sorted_dims]
             )
             self.context.state.add_mapped_tasklet(
                 "deref",
@@ -821,7 +818,7 @@ def _visit_deref(self, node: itir.FunCall) -> list[ValueExpr]:
                 outputs={
                     "_out": dace.Memlet.from_array(result_name, result_array),
                 },
-                code=f"_out[{dst_subset}] = _inp[{src_subset}]",
+                code=f"_out[{index_name}] = _inp[{src_subset}]",
                 external_edges=True,
                 input_nodes={node.data: node for node in deref_nodes},
                 output_nodes={
@@ -952,10 +949,10 @@ def _visit_reduce(self, node: itir.FunCall):
             # set reduction state
             self.context.reduce_identity = SymbolExpr(reduce_identity, reduce_dtype)
 
-            args = self.visit(node.args)
+            args = self.visit(node.args[0])
 
-            assert len(args) == 1 and len(args[0]) == 1
-            reduce_input_node = args[0][0].value
+            assert len(args) == 1
+            reduce_input_node = args[0].value
 
         else:
             assert isinstance(node.fun, itir.FunCall)