diff --git a/monai/networks/blocks/patchembedding.py b/monai/networks/blocks/patchembedding.py
index 492e7bf236..45c4a750d5 100644
--- a/monai/networks/blocks/patchembedding.py
+++ b/monai/networks/blocks/patchembedding.py
@@ -97,7 +97,6 @@ def __init__(
                 Rearrange(f"{from_chars} -> {to_chars}", **axes_len), nn.Linear(self.patch_dim, hidden_size)
             )
         self.position_embeddings = nn.Parameter(torch.zeros(1, self.n_patches, hidden_size))
-        self.cls_token = nn.Parameter(torch.zeros(1, 1, hidden_size))
         self.dropout = nn.Dropout(dropout_rate)
         self.trunc_normal_(self.position_embeddings, mean=0.0, std=0.02, a=-2.0, b=2.0)
         self.apply(self._init_weights)