diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index c52713fb810..aed887c0694 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ repos:
     rev: 21.8b0
     hooks:
     - id: black-jupyter
-      language_version: python3
 
 -   repo: https://github.com/PyCQA/isort
     rev: '5.9.3'