diff --git a/examples/drone/hover_env.py b/examples/drone/hover_env.py
index f4a027d13c..e48fadeea1 100644
--- a/examples/drone/hover_env.py
+++ b/examples/drone/hover_env.py
@@ -90,9 +90,6 @@ def __init__(self, num_envs, env_cfg, obs_cfg, reward_cfg, command_cfg, show_vie
         # build scene
         self.scene.build(n_envs=num_envs)
 
-        # Set damping to a small value to avoid numerical instability
-        self.drone.set_dofs_damping(torch.tensor([0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1e-4, 1e-4, 1e-4]))
-
         # prepare reward functions and multiply reward scales by dt
         self.reward_functions, self.episode_sums = dict(), dict()
         for name in self.reward_scales.keys():