diff --git a/src/learn/learn.cpp b/src/learn/learn.cpp
index b0f77e89..6cd54b13 100644
--- a/src/learn/learn.cpp
+++ b/src/learn/learn.cpp
@@ -56,8 +56,6 @@
 #include <omp.h>
 #endif
 
-extern double global_learning_rate;
-
 using namespace std;
 
 template <typename T>
@@ -399,6 +397,8 @@ namespace Learner
             bool use_draw_games_in_validation = true;
             bool skip_duplicated_positions_in_training = true;
 
+            double learning_rate = 1.0;
+
             string validation_set_file_name;
             string seed;
 
@@ -697,7 +697,7 @@ namespace Learner
         // should be no real issues happening since
         // the read/write phases are isolated.
         atomic_thread_fence(memory_order_seq_cst);
-        Eval::NNUE::update_parameters(epoch, params.verbose, calc_grad);
+        Eval::NNUE::update_parameters(epoch, params.verbose, params.learning_rate, calc_grad);
         atomic_thread_fence(memory_order_seq_cst);
 
         if (++save_count * params.mini_batch_size >= params.eval_save_interval)
@@ -737,7 +737,7 @@ namespace Learner
              << ", epoch " << epoch
              << endl;
 
-        out << "  - learning rate = " << global_learning_rate << endl;
+        out << "  - learning rate = " << params.learning_rate << endl;
 
         // For calculation of verification data loss
         AtomicLoss test_loss_sum{};
@@ -913,7 +913,7 @@ namespace Learner
                     if (tot >= last_lr_drop + params.auto_lr_drop)
                     {
                         last_lr_drop = tot;
-                        global_learning_rate *= params.newbob_decay;
+                        params.learning_rate *= params.newbob_decay;
                     }
                 }
                 else if (latest_loss < best_loss)
@@ -929,11 +929,11 @@ namespace Learner
                     if (--trials > 0 && !is_final)
                     {
                         cout
-                            << "  - reducing learning rate from " << global_learning_rate
-                            << " to " << (global_learning_rate * params.newbob_decay)
+                            << "  - reducing learning rate from " << params.learning_rate
+                            << " to " << (params.learning_rate * params.newbob_decay)
                             << " (" << trials << " more trials)" << endl;
 
-                        global_learning_rate *= params.newbob_decay;
+                        params.learning_rate *= params.newbob_decay;
                     }
                 }
 
@@ -961,8 +961,6 @@ namespace Learner
         string base_dir;
         string target_dir;
 
-        global_learning_rate = 1.0;
-
         uint64_t nn_batch_size = 1000;
         string nn_options;
 
@@ -1003,7 +1001,7 @@ namespace Learner
             else if (option == "batchsize") is >> params.mini_batch_size;
 
             // learning rate
-            else if (option == "lr") is >> global_learning_rate;
+            else if (option == "lr") is >> params.learning_rate;
 
             // Accept also the old option name.
             else if (option == "use_draw_in_training"
@@ -1115,7 +1113,7 @@ namespace Learner
         out << "  - nn_batch_size            : " << nn_batch_size << endl;
         out << "  - nn_options               : " << nn_options << endl;
 
-        out << "  - learning rate            : " << global_learning_rate << endl;
+        out << "  - learning rate            : " << params.learning_rate << endl;
         out << "  - use draws in training    : " << params.use_draw_games_in_training << endl;
         out << "  - use draws in validation  : " << params.use_draw_games_in_validation << endl;
         out << "  - skip repeated positions  : " << params.skip_duplicated_positions_in_training << endl;
diff --git a/src/nnue/evaluate_nnue_learner.cpp b/src/nnue/evaluate_nnue_learner.cpp
index 3e91a7de..2a1fd6cb 100644
--- a/src/nnue/evaluate_nnue_learner.cpp
+++ b/src/nnue/evaluate_nnue_learner.cpp
@@ -18,9 +18,6 @@
 #include "misc.h"
 #include "thread_win32_osx.h"
 
-// Learning rate scale
-double global_learning_rate;
-
 // Code for learning NNUE evaluation function
 namespace Eval::NNUE {
 
@@ -181,11 +178,15 @@ namespace Eval::NNUE {
     }
 
     // update the evaluation function parameters
-    void update_parameters(uint64_t epoch, bool verbose, Learner::CalcGradFunc calc_grad) {
+    void update_parameters(
+        uint64_t epoch,
+        bool verbose,
+        double learning_rate,
+        Learner::CalcGradFunc calc_grad)
+    {
         assert(batch_size > 0);
 
-        const auto learning_rate = static_cast<LearnFloatType>(
-            global_learning_rate / batch_size);
+        learning_rate /= batch_size;
 
         std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(examples_mutex);
         std::shuffle(examples.begin(), examples.end(), rng);
diff --git a/src/nnue/evaluate_nnue_learner.h b/src/nnue/evaluate_nnue_learner.h
index 8a9786e5..d350691b 100644
--- a/src/nnue/evaluate_nnue_learner.h
+++ b/src/nnue/evaluate_nnue_learner.h
@@ -31,7 +31,11 @@ namespace Eval::NNUE {
         double weight);
 
     // update the evaluation function parameters
-    void update_parameters(uint64_t epoch, bool verbose, Learner::CalcGradFunc calc_grad);
+    void update_parameters(
+        uint64_t epoch,
+        bool verbose,
+        double learning_rate,
+        Learner::CalcGradFunc calc_grad);
 
     // Check if there are any problems with learning
     void check_health();