diff --git a/src/mednet/libs/segmentation/scripts/evaluate.py b/src/mednet/libs/segmentation/scripts/evaluate.py
index b6ea220dd3bb232f08889a70a017ff40d5fe1434..4719321d8f993a1b5b6678311b9befe552565fb2 100644
--- a/src/mednet/libs/segmentation/scripts/evaluate.py
+++ b/src/mednet/libs/segmentation/scripts/evaluate.py
@@ -32,9 +32,6 @@ def validate_threshold(threshold: float | str, splits: list[str]):
     -------
         The validated threshold.
     """
-    if threshold is None:
-        return 0.5
-
     try:
         # we try to convert it to float first
         threshold = float(threshold)