diff --git a/src/axolotl/utils/trainer.py b/src/axolotl/utils/trainer.py
index 32e54c9a8..34b505ff1 100644
--- a/src/axolotl/utils/trainer.py
+++ b/src/axolotl/utils/trainer.py
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ def process_datasets_for_packing(cfg, train_dataset, eval_dataset):
         if eval_dataset:
             eval_dataset = eval_dataset.remove_columns("attention_mask")
 
-    if cfg.model_config_type == "falcon":
+    if cfg.model_config_type in ["falcon", "mistral"]:
         LOG.info("dropping token_type_ids column if it exists")
         if "token_type_ids" in train_dataset.column_names:
             train_dataset = train_dataset.remove_columns("token_type_ids")