diff --git a/backend/nn/autoencoder_kl.py b/backend/nn/autoencoder_kl.py
index 8019c065..5e830fc8 100644
--- a/backend/nn/autoencoder_kl.py
+++ b/backend/nn/autoencoder_kl.py
@@ -273,7 +273,6 @@ class Decoder(nn.Module):
     def __init__(self, *, ch, out_ch, ch_mult=(1, 2, 4, 8), num_res_blocks,
                  attn_resolutions, dropout=0.0, resamp_with_conv=True, in_channels,
                  resolution, z_channels, give_pre_end=False, tanh_out=False, use_linear_attn=False,
-                 conv_out_op=nn.Conv2d,
                  resnet_op=ResnetBlock,
                  **kwargs):
         super().__init__()
@@ -332,11 +331,11 @@ class Decoder(nn.Module):
 
         # end
         self.norm_out = Normalize(block_in)
-        self.conv_out = conv_out_op(block_in,
-                                    out_ch,
-                                    kernel_size=3,
-                                    stride=1,
-                                    padding=1)
+        self.conv_out = nn.Conv2d(block_in,
+                                  out_ch,
+                                  kernel_size=3,
+                                  stride=1,
+                                  padding=1)
 
     def forward(self, z, **kwargs):
         temb = None