diff --git a/hpc/batch_gpu/submit_imaging_mge_a100_hst_fp64 b/hpc/batch_gpu/submit_imaging_mge_a100_hst_fp64
index 5f0f3ee..e827571 100755
--- a/hpc/batch_gpu/submit_imaging_mge_a100_hst_fp64
+++ b/hpc/batch_gpu/submit_imaging_mge_a100_hst_fp64
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ export XLA_PYTHON_CLIENT_PREALLOCATE=false
 export JAX_ENABLE_X64=True
 export NUMBA_CACHE_DIR=/tmp/numba_cache
 export MPLCONFIGDIR=/tmp/matplotlib
+# Skip latent-variable computation: autolens_profiling/config/latent.yaml
+# enables total_lens_flux_mujy which needs `magzero=` on the Analysis.
+# Latents aren't part of the search profile, so we bypass entirely.
+export PYAUTO_SKIP_LATENTS=1
 
 nvidia-smi