diff --git a/training/faster_rcnn_inception_v2_pets.config b/training/faster_rcnn_inception_v2_pets.config
index 40095e39..f0958ce9 100644
--- a/training/faster_rcnn_inception_v2_pets.config
+++ b/training/faster_rcnn_inception_v2_pets.config
@@ -88,10 +88,6 @@ train_config: {
       learning_rate: {
         manual_step_learning_rate {
           initial_learning_rate: 0.0002
-          schedule {
-            step: 0
-            learning_rate: .0002
-          }
           schedule {
             step: 900000
             learning_rate: .00002