diff --git a/TTS/demos/xtts_ft_demo/utils/gpt_train.py b/TTS/demos/xtts_ft_demo/utils/gpt_train.py
index 4d33d6fc..a80370bc 100644
--- a/TTS/demos/xtts_ft_demo/utils/gpt_train.py
+++ b/TTS/demos/xtts_ft_demo/utils/gpt_train.py
@@ -165,6 +165,6 @@ def train_gpt(language, num_epochs, batch_size, train_csv, eval_csv, output_path
     speaker_ref = train_samples[longest_text_idx]["audio_file"]
 
     # deallocate VRAM
-    del model, trainer
+    del model
 
     return XTTS_CONFIG_FILE, XTTS_CHECKPOINT, TOKENIZER_FILE, trainer.output_path, speaker_ref