diff --git a/mlair/helpers/helpers.py b/mlair/helpers/helpers.py
index 4cc7310db32c2ef3bbdb9f70896a2f8455a974fc..981999fbc111f133cdce1b182e8147f0d9bf6807 100644
--- a/mlair/helpers/helpers.py
+++ b/mlair/helpers/helpers.py
@@ -96,6 +96,8 @@ def remove_items(obj: Union[List, Dict, Tuple], items: Any):
         return {k: v for k, v in dict_obj.items() if k not in key_list}
 
     items = to_list(items)
+    if len(items) == 0:
+        return obj
     if isinstance(obj, list):
         return remove_from_list(obj, items)
     elif isinstance(obj, dict):