diff --git a/src/axolotl/utils/trainer.py b/src/axolotl/utils/trainer.py
index 2e3728cc8..41c8fa9e5 100644
--- a/src/axolotl/utils/trainer.py
+++ b/src/axolotl/utils/trainer.py
@@ -197,6 +197,12 @@ 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 == "olmo":
+            LOG.info("dropping position_ids column")
+            train_dataset = train_dataset.remove_columns("position_ids")
+            if eval_dataset:
+                eval_dataset = eval_dataset.remove_columns("position_ids")
+
         if cfg.model_config_type == "falcon":
             LOG.info("dropping token_type_ids column if it exists")
             if "token_type_ids" in train_dataset.column_names: