diff --git a/tests/experimental/test_kto_trainer.py b/tests/experimental/test_kto_trainer.py
index 7108de87c21..0f6ed1945ce 100644
--- a/tests/experimental/test_kto_trainer.py
+++ b/tests/experimental/test_kto_trainer.py
@@ -155,9 +155,7 @@ def test_tokenize_and_process_tokens(self):
             "prefix": "",
             "tokenizer": trainer.processing_class,
             "max_length": trainer.max_length,
-            "truncation_mode": trainer.truncation_mode,
             "label_pad_token_id": trainer.label_pad_token_id,
-            "max_prompt_length": trainer.max_prompt_length,
         }
         processed_dataset = tokenized_dataset.map(_process_tokens, fn_kwargs=fn_kwargs, num_proc=2)
         assert processed_dataset["prompt"][:] == train_dataset["prompt"][:]
diff --git a/trl/experimental/kto/kto_config.py b/trl/experimental/kto/kto_config.py
index b67b6416a1d..e23f27979a7 100644
--- a/trl/experimental/kto/kto_config.py
+++ b/trl/experimental/kto/kto_config.py
@@ -36,8 +36,6 @@ class KTOConfig(TrainingArguments):
         max_length (`int` or `None`, *optional*, defaults to `1024`):
             Maximum length of the sequences (prompt + completion) in the batch. This argument is required if you want
             to use the default data collator.
-        max_prompt_length (`int` or `None`, *optional*, defaults to `512`):
-            Maximum length of the prompt. This argument is required if you want to use the default data collator.
         beta (`float`, *optional*, defaults to `0.1`):
             Parameter controlling the deviation from the reference model. Higher β means less deviation from the
             reference model.
@@ -56,9 +54,6 @@ class KTOConfig(TrainingArguments):
             Label pad token id. This argument is required if you want to use the default data collator.
         padding_value (`int`, *optional*):
             Padding value to use. If `None`, the padding value of the tokenizer is used.
-        truncation_mode (`str`, *optional*, defaults to `"keep_end"`):
-            Truncation mode to use when the prompt is too long. Possible values are `"keep_end"` or `"keep_start"`.
-            This argument is required if you want to use the default data collator.
         generate_during_eval (`bool`, *optional*, defaults to `False`):
             If `True`, generates and logs completions from both the model and the reference model to W&B or Comet
             during evaluation.
@@ -134,13 +129,6 @@ class KTOConfig(TrainingArguments):
         default=1024,
         metadata={"help": "Maximum length of the sequences (prompt + completion) in the batch."},
     )
-    max_prompt_length: int | None = field(
-        default=512,
-        metadata={
-            "help": "Maximum length of the prompt. This argument is required if you want to use the default data "
-            "collator."
-        },
-    )
     beta: float = field(
         default=0.1,
         metadata={
@@ -179,13 +167,6 @@ class KTOConfig(TrainingArguments):
         default=None,
         metadata={"help": "Padding value to use. If `None`, the padding value of the tokenizer is used."},
     )
-    truncation_mode: str = field(
-        default="keep_end",
-        metadata={
-            "help": "Truncation mode to use when the prompt is too long.",
-            "choices": ["keep_end", "keep_start"],
-        },
-    )
     generate_during_eval: bool = field(
         default=False,
         metadata={
diff --git a/trl/experimental/kto/kto_trainer.py b/trl/experimental/kto/kto_trainer.py
index 6a9b7f36aa0..14677ac0eee 100644
--- a/trl/experimental/kto/kto_trainer.py
+++ b/trl/experimental/kto/kto_trainer.py
@@ -156,8 +156,7 @@ def _process_tokens(example: dict[str, Any], model: "PreTrainedModel" = None, **
     """Process tokens of a KTO specific dataset.
 
     At this stage, we don't convert to PyTorch tensors yet; we just handle the truncation in case the prompt +
-    completion responses is/are too long. First we truncate the prompt; if we're still too long, we truncate the
-    completion.
+    completion responses is/are too long. We truncate from the end (completion) to fit within max_length.
 
     We also create the labels for the completion responses, which are of length equal to the sum of the length of the
     prompt and the completion response, with label_pad_token_id for the prompt tokens.
@@ -199,20 +198,13 @@ def _process_tokens(example: dict[str, Any], model: "PreTrainedModel" = None, **
     if len(all_tokens["answer_input_ids"]) > 0 and eos_token_id != all_tokens["answer_input_ids"][-1]:
         max_length -= 1
 
-    # if combined sequence is too long (> max_length - 1 for BOS token - 1 for EOS), truncate the prompt
-    if len(all_tokens["prompt_input_ids"]) + len(all_tokens["answer_input_ids"]) > max_length:
-        for k in ["prompt_input_ids", "prompt_attention_mask"]:
-            if kwargs["truncation_mode"] == "keep_start":
-                all_tokens[k] = all_tokens[k][: kwargs["max_prompt_length"]]
-            elif kwargs["truncation_mode"] == "keep_end":
-                all_tokens[k] = all_tokens[k][-kwargs["max_prompt_length"] :]
-            else:
-                raise ValueError(f"Unknown truncation mode: {kwargs['truncation_mode']}")
-
-    # if that's still too long, truncate the response
-    if len(all_tokens["prompt_input_ids"]) + len(all_tokens["answer_input_ids"]) > max_length:
+    # if combined sequence is too long, truncate the completion (answer) from the end
+    prompt_length = len(all_tokens["prompt_input_ids"])
+    completion_length = len(all_tokens["answer_input_ids"])
+    if prompt_length + completion_length > max_length:
+        max_completion_length = max_length - prompt_length
         for k in ["answer_input_ids", "answer_attention_mask"]:
-            all_tokens[k] = all_tokens[k][: max_length - kwargs["max_prompt_length"]]
+            all_tokens[k] = all_tokens[k][:max_completion_length]
 
     # all input_ids and attention mask as is. We then check if we need to add BOS/EOS tokens
     batch[f"{kwargs['prefix']}prompt_input_ids"] = all_tokens["prompt_input_ids"]
@@ -471,15 +463,6 @@ def make_inputs_require_grad(module, input, output):
         if args.max_length is not None:
             max_length = args.max_length
 
-        if args.max_prompt_length is None:
-            logger.warning(
-                "When using DPODataCollatorWithPadding, you should set `max_prompt_length` in the KTOTrainer's init"
-                " it will be set to `128` by default, but you should do it yourself in the future.",
-            )
-            max_prompt_length = 128
-        if args.max_prompt_length is not None:
-            max_prompt_length = args.max_prompt_length
-
         if data_collator is None:
             data_collator = DPODataCollatorWithPadding(
                 pad_token_id=processing_class.pad_token_id,
@@ -509,8 +492,6 @@ def make_inputs_require_grad(module, input, output):
         self.generate_during_eval = args.generate_during_eval
         self.label_pad_token_id = args.label_pad_token_id
         self.padding_value = args.padding_value if args.padding_value is not None else processing_class.pad_token_id
-        self.max_prompt_length = max_prompt_length
-        self.truncation_mode = args.truncation_mode
         self.processing_class = processing_class
         self.precompute_ref_log_probs = args.precompute_ref_log_probs
 
@@ -595,9 +576,7 @@ def make_inputs_require_grad(module, input, output):
                 "prefix": "",
                 "tokenizer": self.processing_class,
                 "max_length": self.max_length,
-                "truncation_mode": self.truncation_mode,
                 "label_pad_token_id": self.label_pad_token_id,
-                "max_prompt_length": self.max_prompt_length,
             }
 
             train_dataset = train_dataset.map(