diff --git a/lerobot/scripts/edit_dataset.py b/lerobot/scripts/edit_dataset.py
index 4c7a6547..8e2afcd8 100644
--- a/lerobot/scripts/edit_dataset.py
+++ b/lerobot/scripts/edit_dataset.py
@@ -34,8 +34,15 @@ def remove_episodes(dataset, episodes):
     repo_id = dataset.repo_id
     info = dataset.info
     hf_dataset = dataset.hf_dataset
+    # TODO(rcadene): implement tags
+    # if None, should use the same tags
+    tags = None
+
+    local_dir = dataset.videos_dir.parent
+    train_dir = local_dir / "train"
+    new_train_dir = local_dir / "new_train"
+    meta_data_dir = local_dir / "meta_data"
 
-    local_dir = dataset.videos_dir.parent / repo_id
     new_hf_dataset = hf_dataset.filter(lambda row: row["episode_index"] not in episodes)
 
     unique_episode_idxs = torch.stack(new_hf_dataset["episode_index"]).unique().tolist()
@@ -70,28 +77,21 @@ def remove_episodes(dataset, episodes):
         info=info,
         videos_dir=dataset.videos_dir,
     )
-
     stats = compute_stats(new_dataset)
-    new_dataset.stats = stats
 
     new_hf_dataset = new_hf_dataset.with_format(None)  # to remove transforms that cant be saved
 
-    train_dir = local_dir / "train"
-    new_train_dir = local_dir / "new_train"
-
     new_hf_dataset.save_to_disk(str(new_train_dir))
     shutil.rmtree(train_dir)
     new_train_dir.rename(train_dir)
 
-    meta_data_dir = local_dir / "meta_data"
     save_meta_data(info, stats, episode_data_index, meta_data_dir)
 
     new_hf_dataset.push_to_hub(repo_id, revision="main")
     push_meta_data_to_hub(repo_id, meta_data_dir, revision="main")
-    tags = None
     push_dataset_card_to_hub(repo_id, revision="main", tags=tags)
-    if new_dataset.video:
-        push_videos_to_hub(repo_id, new_dataset.videos_dir, revision="main")
+    if dataset.video:
+        push_videos_to_hub(repo_id, dataset.videos_dir, revision="main")
     create_branch(repo_id, repo_type="dataset", branch=CODEBASE_VERSION)