diff --git a/nam/models/_base.py b/nam/models/_base.py
index 5eb6e174..763353a8 100644
--- a/nam/models/_base.py
+++ b/nam/models/_base.py
@@ -188,41 +188,3 @@ def _get_non_user_metadata(self) -> Dict[str, Union[str, int, float]]:
         d["loudness"] = self._metadata_loudness()
         d["gain"] = self._metadata_gain()
         return d
-
-
-class ParametricBaseNet(_Base):
-    """
-    Parametric inputs
-    """
-
-    def forward(
-        self,
-        params: torch.Tensor,
-        x: torch.Tensor,
-        pad_start: Optional[bool] = None,
-        **kwargs
-    ):
-        pad_start = self.pad_start_default if pad_start is None else pad_start
-        scalar = x.ndim == 1
-        if scalar:
-            x = x[None]
-            params = params[None]
-        if pad_start:
-            x = torch.cat(
-                (torch.zeros((len(x), self.receptive_field - 1)).to(x.device), x), dim=1
-            )
-        y = self._forward(params, x, **kwargs)
-        if scalar:
-            y = y[0]
-        return y
-
-    @abc.abstractmethod
-    def _forward(self, params: torch.Tensor, x: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
-        """
-        The true forward method.
-
-        :param params: (N,D)
-        :param x: (N,L1)
-        :return: (N,L1-RF+1)
-        """
-        pass
diff --git a/nam/models/base.py b/nam/models/base.py
index a448e4f6..7bb1f83d 100644
--- a/nam/models/base.py
+++ b/nam/models/base.py
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 
 """
 Implements the base PyTorch Lightning model.
-This is meant to combine an acutal model (subclassed from `._base.BaseNet` or 
-`._base.ParametricBaseNet`) along with loss function boilerplate.
+This is meant to combine an actual model (subclassed from `._base.BaseNet`)
+along with loss function boilerplate.
 
 For the base *PyTorch* model containing the actual architecture, see `._base`.
 """
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index a0b0c08b..d4dffe49 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -5,17 +5,20 @@
 from distutils.util import convert_path
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 
+
 def get_additional_requirements():
     # Issue 294
     try:
         import transformers
+
         # This may not be unnecessarily straict a requirement, but I'd rather
-        # fix this promptly than leave a chance that it wouldn't be fixed 
+        # fix this promptly than leave a chance that it wouldn't be fixed
         # properly.
         return ["transformers>=4"]
     except ModuleNotFoundError:
         return []
 
+
 main_ns = {}
 ver_path = convert_path("nam/_version.py")
 with open(ver_path) as ver_file: