diff --git a/packages/client-twitter/src/interactions.ts b/packages/client-twitter/src/interactions.ts
index 1a069b6273..bd71684bf4 100644
--- a/packages/client-twitter/src/interactions.ts
+++ b/packages/client-twitter/src/interactions.ts
@@ -398,9 +398,7 @@ export class TwitterInteractionClient {
         const shouldRespondContext = composeContext({
             state,
             template:
-                this.runtime.character.templates?.twitterShouldRespondTemplate?.(
-                    validTargetUsersStr
-                ) ||
+                this.runtime.character.templates?.twitterShouldRespondTemplate ||
                 this.runtime.character?.templates?.shouldRespondTemplate ||
                 twitterShouldRespondTemplate(validTargetUsersStr),
         });