diff --git a/deeplabcut/pose_estimation_pytorch/apis/evaluate.py b/deeplabcut/pose_estimation_pytorch/apis/evaluate.py
index cc8fe913c0..3a9b5dad1f 100755
--- a/deeplabcut/pose_estimation_pytorch/apis/evaluate.py
+++ b/deeplabcut/pose_estimation_pytorch/apis/evaluate.py
@@ -189,6 +189,7 @@ def evaluate(
         unique_bodypart_poses=unique_poses,
         unique_bodypart_gt=gt_unique_keypoints,
         per_keypoint_rmse=per_keypoint_evaluation,
+        compute_detection_rmse=False,
     )
 
     if loader.model_cfg["metadata"]["with_identity"]: