diff --git a/examples/avsr/lightning.py b/examples/avsr/lightning.py
index cbca0d976a..7d00366ff5 100644
--- a/examples/avsr/lightning.py
+++ b/examples/avsr/lightning.py
@@ -84,8 +84,6 @@ def __init__(self, args=None, sp_model=None, pretrained_model_path=None):
             betas=(0.9, 0.98),
         )
 
-        self.automatic_optimization = False
-
     def _step(self, batch, _, step_type):
         if batch is None:
             return None
@@ -123,20 +121,10 @@ def forward(self, batch):
         return post_process_hypos(hypotheses, self.sp_model)[0][0]
 
     def training_step(self, batch, batch_idx):
-        opt = self.optimizers()
-        opt.zero_grad()
         loss = self._step(batch, batch_idx, "train")
         batch_size = batch.inputs.size(0)
         batch_sizes = self.all_gather(batch_size)
-
         loss *= batch_sizes.size(0) / batch_sizes.sum()  # world size / batch size
-        self.manual_backward(loss)
-        torch.nn.utils.clip_grad_norm_(self.model.parameters(), 10)
-        opt.step()
-
-        sch = self.lr_schedulers()
-        sch.step()
-
         self.log("monitoring_step", torch.tensor(self.global_step, dtype=torch.float32))
 
         return loss
diff --git a/examples/avsr/lightning_av.py b/examples/avsr/lightning_av.py
index 94529c0229..5be0907705 100644
--- a/examples/avsr/lightning_av.py
+++ b/examples/avsr/lightning_av.py
@@ -80,8 +80,6 @@ def __init__(self, args=None, sp_model=None):
             betas=(0.9, 0.98),
         )
 
-        self.automatic_optimization = False
-
     def _step(self, batch, _, step_type):
         if batch is None:
             return None
@@ -128,20 +126,10 @@ def forward(self, batch):
         return post_process_hypos(hypotheses, self.sp_model)[0][0]
 
     def training_step(self, batch, batch_idx):
-        opt = self.optimizers()
-        opt.zero_grad()
         loss = self._step(batch, batch_idx, "train")
         batch_size = batch.videos.size(0)
         batch_sizes = self.all_gather(batch_size)
-
         loss *= batch_sizes.size(0) / batch_sizes.sum()  # world size / batch size
-        self.manual_backward(loss)
-        torch.nn.utils.clip_grad_norm_(self.model.parameters(), 10)
-        opt.step()
-
-        sch = self.lr_schedulers()
-        sch.step()
-
         self.log("monitoring_step", torch.tensor(self.global_step, dtype=torch.float32))
 
         return loss
diff --git a/examples/avsr/train.py b/examples/avsr/train.py
index cf4c07c9de..04e285c9e1 100644
--- a/examples/avsr/train.py
+++ b/examples/avsr/train.py
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ def get_trainer(args):
         strategy=DDPStrategy(find_unused_parameters=False),
         callbacks=callbacks,
         reload_dataloaders_every_n_epochs=1,
+        gradient_clip_val=10.0,
     )