diff --git a/config_files/config_preproc.yaml b/config_files/config_preproc.yaml
index 4c503cc..0a087c9 100644
--- a/config_files/config_preproc.yaml
+++ b/config_files/config_preproc.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 submission_config_file: submission_config.json
-seed_flavor_assignment: 0
 thresh_percentile: 93.0
 BOT_box_size: 32
 BOT_loss: wemd
diff --git a/src/cryo_challenge/data/_validation/config_validators.py b/src/cryo_challenge/data/_validation/config_validators.py
index 93316a0..b2fa933 100644
--- a/src/cryo_challenge/data/_validation/config_validators.py
+++ b/src/cryo_challenge/data/_validation/config_validators.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from numbers import Number
 import pandas as pd
 import os
-from typing import List
+
 
 def validate_generic_config(config: dict, reference: dict) -> None:
     """
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ def validate_config_preprocessing(config_data: dict) -> None:
         "BOT_loss": str,
         "BOT_iter": Number,
         "BOT_refine": bool,
-        "seed_flavor_assignment": int,
     }
     validate_generic_config(config_data, keys_and_types)
     return
diff --git a/tests/config_files/test_config_preproc.yaml b/tests/config_files/test_config_preproc.yaml
index 0a27d7e..0d0fec5 100644
--- a/tests/config_files/test_config_preproc.yaml
+++ b/tests/config_files/test_config_preproc.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 submission_config_file: tests/data/unprocessed_dataset_2_submissions/submission_x/submission_config.json
-seed_flavor_assignment: 0
 thresh_percentile: 93.0
 BOT_box_size: 32
 BOT_loss: wemd