diff --git a/bob/bio/base/score/load.py b/bob/bio/base/score/load.py
index 6bc3987e6d54fe20c33100f50383ecabb880917c..60b02cd2f186b8c4ff6038923b2114e666275fca 100644
--- a/bob/bio/base/score/load.py
+++ b/bob/bio/base/score/load.py
@@ -441,11 +441,7 @@ def load_files(filenames, func_load):
     res = []
     for filepath in filenames:
         try:
-            tmp = func_load(filepath)
-            if isinstance(tmp, list):
-                res += func_load(filepath)
-            else:
-                res.append(tmp)
+            res.append(func_load(filepath))
         except:
             raise
     return res