diff --git a/graphrag/config/create_graphrag_config.py b/graphrag/config/create_graphrag_config.py
index a0e78952b6..2a0f72daab 100644
--- a/graphrag/config/create_graphrag_config.py
+++ b/graphrag/config/create_graphrag_config.py
@@ -429,7 +429,6 @@ def hydrate_parallelization_params(
                 or defs.ENTITY_EXTRACTION_ENTITY_TYPES,
                 max_gleanings=max_gleanings,
                 prompt=reader.str("prompt", Fragment.prompt_file),
-                strategy=entity_extraction_config.get("strategy"),
                 encoding_model=reader.str(Fragment.encoding_model),
                 strategy=entity_extraction_config.get("strategy"),
             )