diff --git a/bob/pad/face/preprocessor/FaceCropAlign.py b/bob/pad/face/preprocessor/FaceCropAlign.py
index d434a47bc911db4117d313d1c8ae10b0aed9af8c..387e7681191d13564c6a5ff3b181c2c1f4666c29 100644
--- a/bob/pad/face/preprocessor/FaceCropAlign.py
+++ b/bob/pad/face/preprocessor/FaceCropAlign.py
@@ -530,8 +530,7 @@ class FaceCropAlign(Preprocessor):
                  face_detection_method=None,
                  min_face_size=None,
                  normalization_function=None,
-                 normalization_function_kwargs = None,
-                 verbosity_level=2):
+                 normalization_function_kwargs = None):
 
         Preprocessor.__init__(self, face_size=face_size,
                               rgb_output_flag=rgb_output_flag,