diff --git a/src/axolotl/utils/config/models/input/v0_4_1/__init__.py b/src/axolotl/utils/config/models/input/v0_4_1/__init__.py
index d3a4f873b..674876e52 100644
--- a/src/axolotl/utils/config/models/input/v0_4_1/__init__.py
+++ b/src/axolotl/utils/config/models/input/v0_4_1/__init__.py
@@ -1689,7 +1689,6 @@ class AxolotlInputConfig(
             data.get("rl")
             and data.get("gradient_checkpointing")
             and data.get("gradient_checkpointing_kwargs")
-            and "use_reentrant" in data.get("gradient_checkpointing_kwargs")
             and data.get("gradient_checkpointing_kwargs").get("use_reentrant")
             and data.get("load_in_4bit")
             and data.get("adapter") == "qlora"