diff --git a/text_to_image/backend_pytorch.py b/text_to_image/backend_pytorch.py
index 1a45c1ca5..36e2b8009 100644
--- a/text_to_image/backend_pytorch.py
+++ b/text_to_image/backend_pytorch.py
@@ -84,7 +84,6 @@ def load(self):
                 scheduler=self.scheduler,
                 safety_checker=None,
                 add_watermarker=False,
-                variant="fp16" if (self.dtype == torch.float16) else None,
                 torch_dtype=self.dtype,
             )
             # self.pipe.unet = torch.compile(self.pipe.unet, mode="reduce-overhead", fullgraph=True)