diff --git a/src/ensemble/ensemble_problems.jl b/src/ensemble/ensemble_problems.jl
index 4ad493495..a7d45ef6f 100644
--- a/src/ensemble/ensemble_problems.jl
+++ b/src/ensemble/ensemble_problems.jl
@@ -50,17 +50,6 @@ function SciMLBase.EnsembleProblem(prob::AbstractSciMLProblem, u0s::Vector{Vecto
     return SciMLBase.EnsembleProblem(prob; prob_func, kwargs...)
 end
 
-#only makes sense for OptimizationProblem, might make sense for IntervalNonlinearProblem
-function SciMLBase.EnsembleProblem(prob::OptimizationProblem, trajectories::Int; kwargs...)
-    if prob.lb !== nothing && prob.ub !== nothing
-        u0s = QuasiMonteCarlo.sample(trajectories, prob.lb, prob.ub, QuasiMonteCarlo.LatinHypercubeSample())
-        prob_func = (prob, i, repeat = nothing) -> remake(prob, u0 = u0s[:, i])
-    else
-        error("EnsembleProblem with `trajectories` as second argument requires lower and upper bounds to be defined in the `OptimizationProblem`.")
-    end
-    return SciMLBase.EnsembleProblem(prob; prob_func, kwargs...)
-end
-
 struct WeightedEnsembleProblem{T1 <: AbstractEnsembleProblem, T2 <: AbstractVector} <:
        AbstractEnsembleProblem
     ensembleprob::T1