diff --git a/direct/data/datasets.py b/direct/data/datasets.py
index 12c0f1d0..728c1e1d 100644
--- a/direct/data/datasets.py
+++ b/direct/data/datasets.py
@@ -180,7 +180,6 @@ def __getitem__(self, idx: int) -> dict[str, Any]:
         # Get the k-space absolute value and create the mask.
         kspace_abs = sample["kspace"].sum(0)
         sample["sampling_mask"] = np.mean(np.abs(kspace_abs).sum(0)) < np.abs(kspace_abs).sum(0)
-        sample["sampling_mask"] = sample["sampling_mask"]
 
         sample["kspace"] = sample["kspace"] * sample["sampling_mask"][None]