diff --git a/darknet_ros/src/YoloObjectDetector.cpp b/darknet_ros/src/YoloObjectDetector.cpp
index 321fea3ca..e6de97864 100644
--- a/darknet_ros/src/YoloObjectDetector.cpp
+++ b/darknet_ros/src/YoloObjectDetector.cpp
@@ -470,9 +470,6 @@ void YoloObjectDetector::setupNetwork(char *cfgfile, char *weightfile, char *dat
   fullScreen_ = fullscreen;
   printf("YOLO V3\n");
   net_ = load_network(cfgfile, weightfile, 0);
-  if (weightfile) {
-    load_weights(net_, weightfile);
-  }
   set_batch_network(net_, 1);
 }