diff --git a/hannah/train.py b/hannah/train.py
index e0964579..6f9e84dc 100644
--- a/hannah/train.py
+++ b/hannah/train.py
@@ -38,13 +38,7 @@
 from . import conf  # noqa
 from .callbacks.optimization import HydraOptCallback
 from .callbacks.prediction_logger import PredictionLogger
-from .utils import (
-    auto_select_gpus,
-    clear_outputs,
-    common_callbacks,
-    git_version,
-    log_execution_env_state,
-)
+from .utils import clear_outputs, common_callbacks, git_version, log_execution_env_state
 from .utils.dvclive import DVCLIVE_AVAILABLE, DVCLogger
 from .utils.logger import JSONLogger
 
@@ -81,12 +75,6 @@ def train(
     for seed in config.seed:
         seed_everything(seed, workers=True)
 
-        if isinstance(config.trainer.devices, int) and config.trainer.accelerator in [
-            "gpu",
-            "auto",
-        ]:
-            config.trainer.devices = auto_select_gpus(config.trainer.devices)
-
         if not config.trainer.fast_dev_run and not config.get("resume", False):
             clear_outputs()
 
diff --git a/hannah/utils/__init__.py b/hannah/utils/__init__.py
index 7e883bfd..cfdeed39 100644
--- a/hannah/utils/__init__.py
+++ b/hannah/utils/__init__.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2023 Hannah contributors.
+# Copyright (c) 2024 Hannah contributors.
 #
 # This file is part of hannah.
 # See https://github.com/ekut-es/hannah for further info.
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 #
 from .imports import lazy_import
 from .utils import (
-    auto_select_gpus,
     clear_outputs,
     common_callbacks,
     extract_from_download_cache,
@@ -33,7 +32,6 @@
     "log_execution_env_state",
     "list_all_files",
     "extract_from_download_cache",
-    "auto_select_gpus",
     "common_callbacks",
     "clear_outputs",
     "fullname",
diff --git a/hannah/utils/utils.py b/hannah/utils/utils.py
index a7d1a105..4756abb7 100644
--- a/hannah/utils/utils.py
+++ b/hannah/utils/utils.py
@@ -213,31 +213,6 @@ def extract_from_download_cache(
         )
 
 
-def auto_select_gpus(gpus=1) -> Union[List[int]]:
-    if not torch.cuda.is_available() or torch.cuda.device_count() < 1:
-        return gpus
-
-    num_gpus = gpus
-
-    if not nvsmi.is_nvidia_smi_on_path():
-        return list(range(num_gpus))
-
-    gpus = list(nvsmi.get_gpus())
-
-    gpus = list(
-        sorted(gpus, key=lambda gpu: (gpu.mem_free, 1.0 - gpu.gpu_util), reverse=True)
-    )
-
-    job_num = hydra.core.hydra_config.HydraConfig.get().job.get("num", 0)
-
-    result = []
-    for i in range(num_gpus):
-        num = (i + job_num) % len(gpus)
-        result.append(int(gpus[num].id))
-
-    return result
-
-
 def common_callbacks(config: DictConfig) -> list:
     callbacks: List[Callback] = []