diff --git a/challenger/challenger.go b/challenger/challenger.go
index eeb1c9e..008b6f7 100644
--- a/challenger/challenger.go
+++ b/challenger/challenger.go
@@ -118,7 +118,6 @@ func (c *Chip) GetFriChallenges(
 	commitPhaseMerkleCaps []variables.FriMerkleCap,
 	finalPoly variables.PolynomialCoeffs,
 	powWitness gl.Variable,
-	degreeBits uint64,
 	config types.FriConfig,
 ) variables.FriChallenges {
 	numFriQueries := config.NumQueryRounds
diff --git a/fri/fri_test.go b/fri/fri_test.go
index 6634bdf..a094421 100644
--- a/fri/fri_test.go
+++ b/fri/fri_test.go
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ func (circuit *TestFriCircuit) Define(api frontend.API) error {
 		proofWithPis.Proof.OpeningProof.CommitPhaseMerkleCaps,
 		proofWithPis.Proof.OpeningProof.FinalPoly,
 		proofWithPis.Proof.OpeningProof.PowWitness,
-		commonCircuitData.DegreeBits,
 		commonCircuitData.Config.FriConfig,
 	)
 
diff --git a/verifier/verifier.go b/verifier/verifier.go
index c02f1eb..0d47f23 100644
--- a/verifier/verifier.go
+++ b/verifier/verifier.go
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ func (c *VerifierChip) GetChallenges(
 			proof.OpeningProof.CommitPhaseMerkleCaps,
 			proof.OpeningProof.FinalPoly,
 			proof.OpeningProof.PowWitness,
-			c.commonData.DegreeBits,
 			config.FriConfig,
 		),
 	}