diff --git a/mhcflurry/class1_neural_network.py b/mhcflurry/class1_neural_network.py
index 6a8bb96bb5212cf6b9368eda3fa18d42ac0806fe..b6c4945dd6e689cbc5e0be7f826bd11ce1ec7294 100644
--- a/mhcflurry/class1_neural_network.py
+++ b/mhcflurry/class1_neural_network.py
@@ -941,7 +941,6 @@ class Class1NeuralNetwork(object):
 
         return model
 
-    @staticmethod
     def set_allele_representations(self, allele_representations):
         """