diff --git a/tango/integrations/wandb/step_cache.py b/tango/integrations/wandb/step_cache.py
index 7195486b8..56ea8b84c 100644
--- a/tango/integrations/wandb/step_cache.py
+++ b/tango/integrations/wandb/step_cache.py
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ def use_step_result_artifact(self, step: Union[Step, StepInfo]) -> None:
 
     def _download_step_remote(self, step_result, target_dir: PathOrStr):
         try:
-            step_result.download(root=target_dir, recursive=True)
+            step_result.download(root=target_dir)
         except (WandbError, ValueError):
             raise RemoteNotFoundError()