diff --git a/sdk/python/kubeflow/storage_initializer/hugging_face.py b/sdk/python/kubeflow/storage_initializer/hugging_face.py
index 66b91392d4..eb311073eb 100644
--- a/sdk/python/kubeflow/storage_initializer/hugging_face.py
+++ b/sdk/python/kubeflow/storage_initializer/hugging_face.py
@@ -102,8 +102,6 @@ def download_dataset(self):
         if self.config.access_token:
             huggingface_hub.login(self.config.access_token)
 
-        load_dataset(self.config.repo_id, cache_dir=VOLUME_PATH_DATASET)
-
         # Load dataset and save to disk.
         dataset = load_dataset(
             self.config.repo_id,