diff --git a/src/axolotl/core/trainers/base.py b/src/axolotl/core/trainers/base.py
index 2a8c07a68..755fa3f8b 100644
--- a/src/axolotl/core/trainers/base.py
+++ b/src/axolotl/core/trainers/base.py
@@ -605,7 +605,7 @@ class AxolotlTrainer(
 
         return args
 
-    def build_accelerator_args(self, **kwargs) -> dict[str, Any]:
+    def _build_accelerator_args(self, **kwargs) -> dict[str, Any]:
         args = super().build_accelerator_args(**kwargs)
         fp8_args = self.build_fp8_accelerator_args()
         args.update(fp8_args)