diff --git a/rankers/modelling/cat.py b/rankers/modelling/cat.py
index f0d8958..3747fd2 100644
--- a/rankers/modelling/cat.py
+++ b/rankers/modelling/cat.py
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 import pyterrier as pt
-if not pt.started():
-    pt.init()
 from transformers import PreTrainedModel, PretrainedConfig, PreTrainedTokenizer, AutoModelForSequenceClassification, AutoTokenizer, AutoConfig
 from typing import Union
 import torch
diff --git a/rankers/modelling/dot.py b/rankers/modelling/dot.py
index 60d58fc..58f5c32 100644
--- a/rankers/modelling/dot.py
+++ b/rankers/modelling/dot.py
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
 import torch
 from torch import nn
 import pyterrier as pt
-if not pt.started():
-    pt.init()
 from transformers import PreTrainedModel, PreTrainedTokenizer, PretrainedConfig, AutoModel, AutoTokenizer, AutoConfig
 from typing import Union
 import pandas as pd
diff --git a/rankers/modelling/seq2seq.py b/rankers/modelling/seq2seq.py
index 2c98c78..c9e0ca5 100644
--- a/rankers/modelling/seq2seq.py
+++ b/rankers/modelling/seq2seq.py
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 import pyterrier as pt
-if not pt.started():
-    pt.init()
 from transformers import PreTrainedModel, PreTrainedConfig, PreTrainedTokenizer, AutoTokenizer, AutoConfig, AutoModelForSeq2SeqLM, AutoModelForCausalLM
 from typing import Union
 import torch