diff --git a/envipath/settings.py b/envipath/settings.py
index 6dd9ed88..dc7b0177 100644
--- a/envipath/settings.py
+++ b/envipath/settings.py
@@ -241,13 +241,7 @@ LOGGING = {
 
 # Flags
 ENVIFORMER_PRESENT = os.environ.get("ENVIFORMER_PRESENT", "False") == "True"
-if ENVIFORMER_PRESENT:
-    print("Loading enviFormer")
-    device = os.environ.get("ENVIFORMER_DEVICE", "cpu")
-    from enviformer import load
-
-    ENVIFORMER_INSTANCE = load(device=device)
-    print("loaded")
+ENVIFORMER_DEVICE = os.environ.get("ENVIFORMER_DEVICE", "cpu")
 
 
 # If celery is not present set always eager to true which will cause delayed tasks to block until finished