diff --git a/algoperf/workloads/criteo1tb/criteo1tb_jax/models.py b/algoperf/workloads/criteo1tb/criteo1tb_jax/models.py
index 706c2b51a..abf6b3ad2 100644
--- a/algoperf/workloads/criteo1tb/criteo1tb_jax/models.py
+++ b/algoperf/workloads/criteo1tb/criteo1tb_jax/models.py
@@ -223,11 +223,7 @@ def scaled_init(key, shape, dtype=jnp.float_):
         top_mlp_input = nn.relu(top_mlp_input)
         if self.use_layer_norm:
           top_mlp_input = nn.LayerNorm()(top_mlp_input)
-      if (
-        dropout_rate is not None
-        and dropout_rate > 0.0
-        and layer_idx == num_layers_top - 2
-      ):
+      if dropout_rate is not None and layer_idx == num_layers_top - 2:
         top_mlp_input = Dropout(dropout_rate, deterministic=not train)(
           top_mlp_input, rate=dropout_rate
         )
diff --git a/algoperf/workloads/imagenet_resnet/imagenet_jax/models.py b/algoperf/workloads/imagenet_resnet/imagenet_jax/models.py
index 84ad4fe21..ee1ddf427 100644
--- a/algoperf/workloads/imagenet_resnet/imagenet_jax/models.py
+++ b/algoperf/workloads/imagenet_resnet/imagenet_jax/models.py
@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@ def __call__(
     use_running_average_bn: Optional[bool] = None,
   ) -> spec.Tensor:
     conv = functools.partial(nn.Conv, use_bias=False, dtype=self.dtype)
-
     # Preserve default behavior for backwards compatibility
     if use_running_average_bn is None:
       use_running_average_bn = not update_batch_norm
diff --git a/algoperf/workloads/imagenet_resnet/imagenet_jax/workload.py b/algoperf/workloads/imagenet_resnet/imagenet_jax/workload.py
index 5e30a2e95..f73a1b26e 100644
--- a/algoperf/workloads/imagenet_resnet/imagenet_jax/workload.py
+++ b/algoperf/workloads/imagenet_resnet/imagenet_jax/workload.py
@@ -154,9 +154,11 @@ def model_fn(
     rng: spec.RandomState,
     update_batch_norm: bool,
     use_running_average_bn: Optional[bool] = None,
+    dropout_rate: Optional[float] = None,
   ) -> Tuple[spec.Tensor, spec.ModelAuxiliaryState]:
     del mode
     del rng
+    del dropout_rate
     variables = {'params': params, **model_state}
     if update_batch_norm:
       logits, new_model_state = self._model.apply(
diff --git a/algoperf/workloads/librispeech_conformer/librispeech_jax/models.py b/algoperf/workloads/librispeech_conformer/librispeech_jax/models.py
index 9fc2e39ef..6c275232f 100644
--- a/algoperf/workloads/librispeech_conformer/librispeech_jax/models.py
+++ b/algoperf/workloads/librispeech_conformer/librispeech_jax/models.py
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ def __call__(self, inputs, paddings, train, dropout_rate=DROPOUT_RATE):
       use_bias=True,
       broadcast_dropout=False,
       attention_fn=attention_fn,
-      dropout_rate=dropout_rate,
+      dropout_rate=0.0,
       deterministic=not train,
     )(inputs_q=inputs, mask=attention_mask)
 
diff --git a/algoperf/workloads/wmt/wmt_jax/models.py b/algoperf/workloads/wmt/wmt_jax/models.py
index 81f2ece4c..a16b99b70 100644
--- a/algoperf/workloads/wmt/wmt_jax/models.py
+++ b/algoperf/workloads/wmt/wmt_jax/models.py
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ def __call__(self, inputs, encoder_mask=None, dropout_rate=DROPOUT_RATE):
       bias_init=cfg.bias_init,
       use_bias=False,
       broadcast_dropout=False,
-      dropout_rate=dropout_rate,
+      dropout_rate=0.0,
       deterministic=cfg.deterministic,
     )(cfg.attention_temp * x, x, mask=encoder_mask)