diff --git a/torchrec/distributed/tests/test_infer_shardings.py b/torchrec/distributed/tests/test_infer_shardings.py
index 4e4687b04..07eb0c19a 100755
--- a/torchrec/distributed/tests/test_infer_shardings.py
+++ b/torchrec/distributed/tests/test_infer_shardings.py
@@ -134,7 +134,6 @@ def test_rw(self, weight_dtype: torch.dtype) -> None:
     )
     @settings(max_examples=4, deadline=None)
     def test_cw(self, test_permute: bool, weight_dtype: torch.dtype) -> None:
-        test_permute = False
         num_embeddings = 64
         emb_dim = 512
         emb_dim_4 = emb_dim // 4