diff --git a/bob/bio/face/preprocessor/FaceCrop.py b/bob/bio/face/preprocessor/FaceCrop.py
index 14162f2ee9b19b65222d97f32f1f766ba0b45696..c225a1265edc2fadb4d6dd040dd130d200f3165b 100644
--- a/bob/bio/face/preprocessor/FaceCrop.py
+++ b/bob/bio/face/preprocessor/FaceCrop.py
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ class FaceCrop(Base):
         allow_upside_down_normalized_faces=False,
         **kwargs,
     ):
-
+        # call base class constructor
         Base.__init__(self, **kwargs)
 
         if isinstance(cropped_image_size, int):
@@ -142,14 +142,6 @@ class FaceCrop(Base):
                     "while only eyes and bbox strings are supported."
                 )
 
-        # call base class constructor
-        self.cropped_image_size = cropped_image_size
-        self.cropped_positions = cropped_positions
-        self.fixed_positions = fixed_positions
-        self.mask_sigma = mask_sigma
-        self.mask_neighbors = mask_neighbors
-        self.mask_seed = mask_seed
-
         # check parameters
         assert len(cropped_positions) == 2
         if fixed_positions: