diff --git a/src/axolotl/core/trainer_builder.py b/src/axolotl/core/trainer_builder.py
index b1554f0c0..55eecf839 100644
--- a/src/axolotl/core/trainer_builder.py
+++ b/src/axolotl/core/trainer_builder.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ from collections import defaultdict
 from dataclasses import dataclass, field
 from functools import wraps
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Dict, List, Literal, Optional, Tuple, Type, Union
+from typing import Dict, List, Literal, Optional, Type, Union
 
 import torch
 import transformers
@@ -817,70 +817,6 @@ class AxolotlDPOTrainer(DPOTrainer):
                 res[key] = res[key][1:]
         return res
 
-    def dpo_loss(
-        self,
-        policy_chosen_logps: torch.FloatTensor,
-        policy_rejected_logps: torch.FloatTensor,
-        reference_chosen_logps: torch.FloatTensor,
-        reference_rejected_logps: torch.FloatTensor,
-    ) -> Tuple[torch.FloatTensor, torch.FloatTensor, torch.FloatTensor]:
-        """Compute the DPO loss for a batch of policy and reference model log probabilities.
-
-        Args:
-            policy_chosen_logps: Log probabilities of the policy model for the chosen responses. Shape: (batch_size,)
-            policy_rejected_logps: Log probabilities of the policy model for the rejected responses. Shape: (batch_size,)
-            reference_chosen_logps: Log probabilities of the reference model for the chosen responses. Shape: (batch_size,)
-            reference_rejected_logps: Log probabilities of the reference model for the rejected responses. Shape: (batch_size,)
-
-        Returns:
-            A tuple of three tensors: (losses, chosen_rewards, rejected_rewards).
-            The losses tensor contains the DPO loss for each example in the batch.
-            The chosen_rewards and rejected_rewards tensors contain the rewards for the chosen and rejected responses, respectively.
-        """
-        if self.loss_type in ["sigmoid", "hinge", "ipo", "kto_pair"]:
-            return super().dpo_loss(
-                policy_chosen_logps,
-                policy_rejected_logps,
-                reference_chosen_logps,
-                reference_rejected_logps,
-            )
-
-        # The beta is a temperature parameter for the DPO loss, typically something in the range of 0.1 to 0.5.
-        # We ignore the reference model as beta -> 0. The label_smoothing parameter encodes our uncertainty about the labels and
-        # calculates a conservative DPO loss.
-        if self.loss_type == "sppo":
-            # Calculate a and b
-            a = self.beta * (  # pylint: disable=invalid-name
-                policy_chosen_logps - reference_chosen_logps
-            )
-            b = self.beta * (  # pylint: disable=invalid-name
-                policy_rejected_logps - reference_rejected_logps
-            )
-
-            # Compute the SPPO loss
-            losses = (a - 0.5) ** 2 + (b + 0.5) ** 2
-        else:
-            raise ValueError(
-                f"Unknown loss type: {self.loss_type}. Should be one of ['sigmoid', 'hinge', 'ipo', 'kto_pair', 'sppo']"
-            )
-
-        chosen_rewards = (
-            self.beta
-            * (
-                policy_chosen_logps.to(self.accelerator.device)
-                - reference_chosen_logps.to(self.accelerator.device)
-            ).detach()
-        )
-        rejected_rewards = (
-            self.beta
-            * (
-                policy_rejected_logps.to(self.accelerator.device)
-                - reference_rejected_logps.to(self.accelerator.device)
-            ).detach()
-        )
-
-        return losses, chosen_rewards, rejected_rewards
-
 
 class AxolotlORPOTrainer(ORPOTrainer):
     """