diff --git a/timm/models/byobnet.py b/timm/models/byobnet.py
index edce355a..59105c44 100644
--- a/timm/models/byobnet.py
+++ b/timm/models/byobnet.py
@@ -797,9 +797,6 @@ class BottleneckBlock(nn.Module):
             self.shortcut = nn.Identity()
 
         self.conv1_1x1 = layers.conv_norm_act(in_chs, mid_chs, 1)
-        self.conv2_kxk = layers.conv_norm_act(
-            mid_chs, mid_chs, kernel_size, stride=stride, dilation=dilation[0],
-            groups=groups, drop_block=drop_block)
         self.conv2_kxk = layers.conv_norm_act(
             mid_chs, mid_chs, kernel_size, stride=stride, dilation=dilation[0],
             groups=groups, drop_block=drop_block)