diff --git a/Tools/dea_tools/validation.py b/Tools/dea_tools/validation.py
index 7012d2390..e27914c0a 100644
--- a/Tools/dea_tools/validation.py
+++ b/Tools/dea_tools/validation.py
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 import pandas as pd
 from sklearn.metrics import mean_squared_error
 from sklearn.metrics import mean_absolute_error
-from sklearn.metrics import r2_score
 from math import sqrt
 from scipy import stats
 
@@ -72,7 +71,7 @@ def eval_metrics(x, y, round=3, all_regress=False):
         "Correlation": xy_df.corr().iloc[0, 1],
         "RMSE": sqrt(mean_squared_error(xy_df.x, xy_df.y)),
         "MAE": mean_absolute_error(xy_df.x, xy_df.y),
-        "R-squared": r2_score(xy_df.x, xy_df.y),
+        "R-squared": lin_reg.rvalue**2,
         "Bias": (xy_df.y - xy_df.x).mean(),
         "Regression slope": lin_reg.slope,
     }
@@ -88,4 +87,4 @@ def eval_metrics(x, y, round=3, all_regress=False):
         )
 
     # Return as
-    return pd.Series(stats_dict).round(round)
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+    return pd.Series(stats_dict).round(round)