diff --git a/src/BrainLocalizationExtraction/brainExtractionTwoSteps.py b/src/BrainLocalizationExtraction/brainExtractionTwoSteps.py
index 13dc2b32d..4217a643d 100644
--- a/src/BrainLocalizationExtraction/brainExtractionTwoSteps.py
+++ b/src/BrainLocalizationExtraction/brainExtractionTwoSteps.py
@@ -51,8 +51,6 @@ def extractBrain(dataPath, modelCkptLoc, thresholdLoc,modelCkptSeg,thresholdSeg,
         if normalize:
             if normalize == "local_max":
                  images[slice_counter, :, :, 0] = img_patch / np.max(img_patch)
-            elif normalize == "global_max":
-                 images[slice_counter, :, :, 0] = img_patch / max_val
             elif normalize ==  "mean_std":
                  images[slice_counter, :, :, 0] = (img_patch-np.mean(img_patch))/np.std(img_patch)
             else: