diff --git a/prompting/utils/config.py b/prompting/utils/config.py
index de22e4062..4e5991f97 100644
--- a/prompting/utils/config.py
+++ b/prompting/utils/config.py
@@ -303,13 +303,6 @@ def parse_probabilities(prob_list):
         except ValueError:
             raise argparse.ArgumentTypeError("All probabilities must be floats.")
 
-    def parse_probabilities(prob_list):
-        try:
-            # Convert each item in the list to a float
-            return [float(p) for p in prob_list]
-        except ValueError:
-            raise argparse.ArgumentTypeError("All probabilities must be floats.")
-        
     parser.add_argument(
         "--neuron.task_p",
         type=parse_probabilities,  # Use the custom parsing function