diff --git a/pytorch_lightning/models/trainer.py b/pytorch_lightning/models/trainer.py
index 2a9a5404..e487d835 100644
--- a/pytorch_lightning/models/trainer.py
+++ b/pytorch_lightning/models/trainer.py
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ class Trainer(TrainerIO):
         self.amp_level = amp_level
         self.check_grad_nans = check_grad_nans
         self.data_parallel = True
-        self.data_parallel_device_ids = [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
+        self.data_parallel_device_ids = []
 
         # training state
         self.optimizers = None