diff --git a/src/quacc/recipes/common/elastic.py b/src/quacc/recipes/common/elastic.py
index d16a794d98..cfecd1cfbb 100644
--- a/src/quacc/recipes/common/elastic.py
+++ b/src/quacc/recipes/common/elastic.py
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ def elastic_tensor_flow(
         See the return type-hint for the data structure.
     """
     if pre_relax:
-        undeformed_result = relax_job(atoms, relax_cell=True)
+        undeformed_result = relax_job(atoms)
         if run_static:
             undeformed_result = static_job(undeformed_result["atoms"])
     else: