diff --git a/src/axolotl/integrations/kd/trainer.py b/src/axolotl/integrations/kd/trainer.py
index b688252d3..da02eac27 100644
--- a/src/axolotl/integrations/kd/trainer.py
+++ b/src/axolotl/integrations/kd/trainer.py
@@ -97,7 +97,6 @@ class AxolotlKDTrainer(AxolotlTrainer):
                 target_logprobs_for_loss,
                 target_mask_for_loss,
                 num_items_in_batch=num_items_in_batch,
-                kd_temperature=self.args.kd_temperature,
                 # top_k_before_softmax=1 if self.args.kd_top_k_before_softmax else 0,
             )