diff --git a/convert_hf_to_gguf.py b/convert_hf_to_gguf.py
index 76ee6cef52ac0..39afa5ef4f272 100755
--- a/convert_hf_to_gguf.py
+++ b/convert_hf_to_gguf.py
@@ -3748,10 +3748,7 @@ def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
 
         # Embeddings scale
         self.embeddings_scale = 1.0
-        # note: For some JAIS flavors, output is tied to (same as) wte in original model
-        self.output_is_wte = False
         if 'mup_embeddings_scale' in self.hparams:
-            self.output_is_wte = True   # Hack (?)
             self.embeddings_scale = self.hparams['mup_embeddings_scale']
         elif 'embeddings_scale' in self.hparams:
             self.embeddings_scale = self.hparams['embeddings_scale']
@@ -3808,10 +3805,7 @@ def modify_tensors(self, data_torch: Tensor, name: str, bid: int | None) -> Iter
 
         if new_name == self.format_tensor_name(gguf.MODEL_TENSOR.TOKEN_EMBD):
             tensors.append((new_name, data_torch * self.embeddings_scale))
-            if self.output_is_wte:
-                tensors.append((self.format_tensor_name(gguf.MODEL_TENSOR.OUTPUT), data_torch * self.width_scale))
         elif new_name == self.format_tensor_name(gguf.MODEL_TENSOR.OUTPUT):
-            assert not self.output_is_wte
             tensors.append((new_name, data_torch * self.width_scale))
         else:
             tensors.append((new_name, data_torch))