diff --git a/pytorch_lightning/callbacks/model_checkpoint.py b/pytorch_lightning/callbacks/model_checkpoint.py
index 89da66dedd2d5f..98566138fb0c30 100644
--- a/pytorch_lightning/callbacks/model_checkpoint.py
+++ b/pytorch_lightning/callbacks/model_checkpoint.py
@@ -162,8 +162,6 @@ def __init__(
         save_last: Optional[bool] = None,
         save_top_k: Optional[int] = None,
         save_weights_only: bool = False,
-        every_n_epochs: int = 1,
-        every_n_batches: int = -1,
         mode: str = "min",
         every_n_epochs: int = 1,
         every_n_batches: int = -1,
diff --git a/tests/checkpointing/test_model_checkpoint.py b/tests/checkpointing/test_model_checkpoint.py
index 0af2464469da1d..0dcdf368e30008 100644
--- a/tests/checkpointing/test_model_checkpoint.py
+++ b/tests/checkpointing/test_model_checkpoint.py
@@ -516,13 +516,9 @@ def test_invalid_every_n_epoch(tmpdir):
 
 def test_invalid_every_n_batches(tmpdir):
     """ Test that an exception is raised for every_n_batches = 0 or < -1. """
-    with pytest.raises(
-        MisconfigurationException, match=r'Invalid value for every_n_batches=0*'
-    ):
+    with pytest.raises(MisconfigurationException, match=r'Invalid value for every_n_batches=0*'):
         ModelCheckpoint(dirpath=tmpdir, every_n_batches=0)
-    with pytest.raises(
-        MisconfigurationException, match=r'Invalid value for every_n_batches=-2*'
-    ):
+    with pytest.raises(MisconfigurationException, match=r'Invalid value for every_n_batches=-2*'):
         ModelCheckpoint(dirpath=tmpdir, every_n_batches=-2)
 
     # These should not fail