diff --git a/ludwig/schema/encoders/sequence_encoders.py b/ludwig/schema/encoders/sequence_encoders.py
index 171faffbf46..1c6034a011e 100644
--- a/ludwig/schema/encoders/sequence_encoders.py
+++ b/ludwig/schema/encoders/sequence_encoders.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ def get_fixed_preprocessing_params(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:
 
 
 @DeveloperAPI
-@register_encoder_config("passthrough", [SEQUENCE, TEXT, TIMESERIES])
+@register_encoder_config("passthrough", [TIMESERIES])
 @ludwig_dataclass
 class SequencePassthroughConfig(SequenceEncoderConfig):
     @staticmethod