diff --git a/src/scportrait/pipeline/segmentation/segmentation.py b/src/scportrait/pipeline/segmentation/segmentation.py
index 6b9bf48e..57c51ade 100644
--- a/src/scportrait/pipeline/segmentation/segmentation.py
+++ b/src/scportrait/pipeline/segmentation/segmentation.py
@@ -422,7 +422,6 @@ def _call_as_shard(self):
         input_image = input_image[
             :, self.window[0], self.window[1]
         ]  # for some segmentation workflows potentially only the first channel is required this is further selected down in that segmentation workflow
-        self.input_image = input_image  # track for potential plotting of intermediate results
 
         if self.deep_debug:
             self.log(