diff --git a/src/zeroband/checkpoint.py b/src/zeroband/checkpoint.py
index 9d486560..f3527ad8 100644
--- a/src/zeroband/checkpoint.py
+++ b/src/zeroband/checkpoint.py
@@ -28,9 +28,6 @@
 ## code inspired by torchtitan https://github.com/pytorch/torchtitan/blob/main/torchtitan/checkpoint.py
 
 
-GLOBAL_STATE_FILE = "global_state_dict.pt"
-
-
 @dataclass
 class TrainingProgress(Stateful):
     total_tokens: int