diff --git a/keras/src/utils/jax_layer.py b/keras/src/utils/jax_layer.py
index 67416cef61a..7776e7a5ba2 100644
--- a/keras/src/utils/jax_layer.py
+++ b/keras/src/utils/jax_layer.py
@@ -217,7 +217,6 @@ def __init__(
         params=None,
         state=None,
         seed=None,
-        dtype=None,
         **kwargs,
     ):
         if backend.backend() != "jax":
@@ -231,10 +230,9 @@ def __init__(
                 "`init_fn`, `params` and `state` cannot all be `None`."
             )
 
-        super().__init__(dtype=dtype, **kwargs)
+        super().__init__(**kwargs)
         self.call_fn = call_fn
         self.init_fn = init_fn
-        self.has_dtype_policy = dtype is not None
         self.seed_generator = backend.random.SeedGenerator(seed)
         self.tracked_params = self._create_variables(params, trainable=True)
         self.tracked_state = self._create_variables(state, trainable=False)
@@ -301,7 +299,7 @@ def create_variable(value):
                 value, (np.ndarray, np.generic)
             ):
                 dtype = value.dtype
-                if self.has_dtype_policy and is_float_dtype(dtype):
+                if is_float_dtype(dtype):
                     dtype = None  # Use the layer dtype policy
                 return self.add_weight(
                     value.shape,
@@ -311,7 +309,7 @@ def create_variable(value):
                 )
             elif isinstance(value, (bool, int, float)):
                 dtype = standardize_dtype(type(value))
-                if self.has_dtype_policy and is_float_dtype(dtype):
+                if is_float_dtype(dtype):
                     dtype = None  # Use the layer dtype policy
                 return self.add_weight(
                     (),