diff --git a/src/setfit/trainer.py b/src/setfit/trainer.py
index 5e96cd60..55354f31 100644
--- a/src/setfit/trainer.py
+++ b/src/setfit/trainer.py
@@ -304,7 +304,6 @@ def train(
         num_epochs = num_epochs or self.num_epochs
         batch_size = batch_size or self.batch_size
         learning_rate = learning_rate or self.learning_rate
-        batch_size = batch_size or self.batch_size
         is_differentiable_head = isinstance(self.model.model_head, torch.nn.Module)  # If False, assume using sklearn
 
         if not is_differentiable_head or self._freeze:
diff --git a/src/setfit/trainer_distillation.py b/src/setfit/trainer_distillation.py
index bd45e1cb..3a2d3b55 100644
--- a/src/setfit/trainer_distillation.py
+++ b/src/setfit/trainer_distillation.py
@@ -150,7 +150,6 @@ def train(
         num_epochs = num_epochs or self.num_epochs
         batch_size = batch_size or self.batch_size
         learning_rate = learning_rate or self.learning_rate
-        batch_size = batch_size or self.batch_size
         is_differentiable_head = isinstance(
             self.student_model.model_head, torch.nn.Module
         )  # If False, assume using sklearn