diff --git a/runs/runcpu.sh b/runs/runcpu.sh
index 853fa1f..fd422ae 100755
--- a/runs/runcpu.sh
+++ b/runs/runcpu.sh
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 export NANOCHAT_BASE_DIR="$HOME/.cache/nanochat"
 mkdir -p $NANOCHAT_BASE_DIR
 command -v uv &> /dev/null || curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh
-[ -d ".venv" ] || uv venv
 uv sync --extra cpu
 source .venv/bin/activate
 if [ -z "$WANDB_RUN" ]; then