diff --git a/frigate/embeddings/onnx/face_embedding.py b/frigate/embeddings/onnx/face_embedding.py
index f1d6ecb50..073d64e5e 100644
--- a/frigate/embeddings/onnx/face_embedding.py
+++ b/frigate/embeddings/onnx/face_embedding.py
@@ -151,11 +151,7 @@ class ArcfaceEmbedding(BaseEmbedding):
             self.runner = ONNXModelRunner(
                 os.path.join(self.download_path, self.model_file),
                 device=self.config.face_recognition.device
-                or (
-                    "GPU"
-                    if self.config.face_recognition.model_size == "large"
-                    else "CPU"
-                ),
+                or "GPU",
             )
 
     def _preprocess_inputs(self, raw_inputs):