diff --git a/src/smolagents/models.py b/src/smolagents/models.py
index 3e6e7c31..575d2a56 100644
--- a/src/smolagents/models.py
+++ b/src/smolagents/models.py
@@ -200,7 +200,6 @@ def __init__(self, **kwargs):
         self.last_input_token_count = None
         self.last_output_token_count = None
         # Set default values for common parameters
-        kwargs.setdefault("temperature", 0.5)
         kwargs.setdefault("max_tokens", 4096)
         self.kwargs = kwargs