diff --git a/psl-core/src/main/java/org/linqs/psl/model/predicate/DeepPredicate.java b/psl-core/src/main/java/org/linqs/psl/model/predicate/DeepPredicate.java
index 72dc499cb..b1de213da 100644
--- a/psl-core/src/main/java/org/linqs/psl/model/predicate/DeepPredicate.java
+++ b/psl-core/src/main/java/org/linqs/psl/model/predicate/DeepPredicate.java
@@ -237,9 +237,12 @@ public static void nextBatchAllDeepPredicates() {
      */
     public static boolean isEpochCompleteAllDeepPredicates() {
         boolean isEpochComplete = false;
+        boolean deepPredicates = false;
 
         for (Predicate predicate : Predicate.getAll()) {
             if (predicate instanceof DeepPredicate) {
+                deepPredicates = true;
+
                 isEpochComplete = (((DeepPredicate) predicate).isEpochComplete());
 
                 if (isEpochComplete) {
@@ -248,7 +251,7 @@ public static boolean isEpochCompleteAllDeepPredicates() {
             }
         }
 
-        return isEpochComplete;
+        return (!deepPredicates) || isEpochComplete;
     }
 
     private void writeObject(ObjectOutputStream out) throws IOException {
diff --git a/psl-java/src/main/java/org/linqs/psl/config/RuntimeOptions.java b/psl-java/src/main/java/org/linqs/psl/config/RuntimeOptions.java
index 24d8ffb8f..c9a3057f0 100644
--- a/psl-java/src/main/java/org/linqs/psl/config/RuntimeOptions.java
+++ b/psl-java/src/main/java/org/linqs/psl/config/RuntimeOptions.java
@@ -125,12 +125,6 @@ public class RuntimeOptions {
         "Clear learning rules before inference. Useful when switching models between train and test."
     );
 
-    public static final Option INFERENCE_DEEP_BATCHING = new Option(
-        "runtime.inference.deep.batching",
-        false,
-        "Whether deep models are batched. Inference should rerun until deep models terminates."
-    );
-
     public static final Option LEARN = new Option(
         "runtime.learn",
         false,
diff --git a/psl-java/src/main/java/org/linqs/psl/runtime/Runtime.java b/psl-java/src/main/java/org/linqs/psl/runtime/Runtime.java
index 4307af55d..d1c742baa 100644
--- a/psl-java/src/main/java/org/linqs/psl/runtime/Runtime.java
+++ b/psl-java/src/main/java/org/linqs/psl/runtime/Runtime.java
@@ -448,12 +448,7 @@ protected void runInferenceInternal(RuntimeConfig config, Model model, RuntimeRe
 
             DeepPredicate.evalAllDeepPredicates();
 
-            if (RuntimeOptions.INFERENCE_DEEP_BATCHING.getBoolean()) {
-                DeepPredicate.nextBatchAllDeepPredicates();
-                runInference = !DeepPredicate.isEpochCompleteAllDeepPredicates();
-            } else {
-                runInference = false;
-            }
+            runInference = !DeepPredicate.isEpochCompleteAllDeepPredicates();
         }
         DeepPredicate.epochEndAllDeepPredicates();