diff --git a/Modules/SegmentationUI/Qmitk/QmitknnUNetToolGUI.h b/Modules/SegmentationUI/Qmitk/QmitknnUNetToolGUI.h
index d2eda8f776..628033525f 100644
--- a/Modules/SegmentationUI/Qmitk/QmitknnUNetToolGUI.h
+++ b/Modules/SegmentationUI/Qmitk/QmitknnUNetToolGUI.h
@@ -1,222 +1,216 @@
 /*============================================================================
 
 The Medical Imaging Interaction Toolkit (MITK)
 
 Copyright (c) German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ)
 All rights reserved.
 
 Use of this source code is governed by a 3-clause BSD license that can be
 found in the LICENSE file.s
 
 ============================================================================*/
 
 #ifndef QmitknnUNetToolGUI_h_Included
 #define QmitknnUNetToolGUI_h_Included
 
 #include "QmitkAutoMLSegmentationToolGUIBase.h"
 #include "QmitknnUNetFolderParser.h"
 #include "QmitknnUNetGPU.h"
 #include "mitknnUnetTool.h"
 #include "ui_QmitknnUNetToolGUIControls.h"
 #include <MitkSegmentationUIExports.h>
 #include <QMessageBox>
 #include <QmitkDataStorageComboBox.h>
 #include <QmitknnUNetEnsembleLayout.h>
 
 class MITKSEGMENTATIONUI_EXPORT QmitknnUNetToolGUI : public QmitkAutoMLSegmentationToolGUIBase
 {
   Q_OBJECT
 
 public:
   mitkClassMacro(QmitknnUNetToolGUI, QmitkAutoMLSegmentationToolGUIBase);
   itkFactorylessNewMacro(Self);
   itkCloneMacro(Self);
 
 protected slots:
 
   /**
    * @brief Qt slot
    *
    */
   void OnPreviewRequested();
 
   /**
    * @brief Qt slot
    *
    */
   void OnDirectoryChanged(const QString &);
 
   /**
    * @brief Qt slot
    *
    */
   void OnModelChanged(const QString &);
 
   /**
    * @brief Qt slot
    *
    */
   void OnTaskChanged(const QString &);
 
   /**
    * @brief Qt slot
    *
    */
   void OnTrainerChanged(const QString &);
 
   /**
    * @brief Qt slot
    *
    */
   void OnCheckBoxChanged(int);
 
   /**
    * @brief Qthread slot to capture failures from thread worker and
    * shows error message
    *
    */
   void SegmentationProcessFailed();
 
   /**
    * @brief Qthread to capture sucessfull nnUNet segmentation.
    * Further, renders the LabelSet image
    */
   void SegmentationResultHandler(mitk::nnUNetTool *);
 
   /**
    * @brief Qt Slot
    *
    */
   void OnModalitiesNumberChanged(int);
 
   /**
    * @brief Qt Slot
    *
    */
   void OnPythonPathChanged(const QString &);
 
   /**
    * @brief Qt Slot
    *
    */
   void OnModalPositionChanged(int);
 
   /**
    * @brief Qt slot
    *
    */
   void OnRefreshPresssed();
 
-signals:
-  /**
-   * @brief signal for starting the segmentation which is caught by a worker thread.
-   */
-  void Operate(mitk::nnUNetTool *);
-
 protected:
   QmitknnUNetToolGUI();
   ~QmitknnUNetToolGUI() = default;
 
   void ConnectNewTool(mitk::AutoSegmentationWithPreviewTool *newTool) override;
   void InitializeUI(QBoxLayout *mainLayout) override;
   void EnableWidgets(bool enabled) override;
 
 private:
   /**
    * @brief Parses the ensemble UI elements and sets to nnUNetTool object pointer.
    *
    */
   void ProcessEnsembleModelsParams(mitk::nnUNetTool::Pointer);
 
   /**
    * @brief Parses the UI elements and sets to nnUNetTool object pointer.
    *
    */
   void ProcessModelParams(mitk::nnUNetTool::Pointer);
 
   /**
    * @brief Creates and renders QmitknnUNetTaskParamsUITemplate layout for ensemble input.
    */
   void ShowEnsembleLayout(bool visible = true);
 
   /**
    * @brief Creates a QMessage object and shows on screen.
    */
   void ShowErrorMessage(const std::string &, QMessageBox::Icon = QMessageBox::Critical);
 
   /**
    * @brief Searches and parses paths of python virtual enviroments
    * from predefined lookout locations
    */
   void AutoParsePythonPaths();
 
   /**
    * @brief Clears all combo boxes
    * Any new combo box added in the future can be featured here for clearance.
    *
    */
   void ClearAllComboBoxes();
 
   /**
    * @brief Checks if nnUNet_predict command is valid in the selected python virtual environment.
    *
    * @return bool
    */
   bool IsNNUNetInstalled(const QString &);
 
   /**
    * @brief Mapper function to map QString entries from UI to ModelParam attributes.
    *
    * @return mitk::ModelParams
    */
   mitk::ModelParams MapToRequest(
     const QString &, const QString &, const QString &, const QString &, const std::vector<std::string> &);
 
   /**
    * @brief Returns checked fold names from the ctk-Checkable-ComboBox.
    *
    * @return std::vector<std::string>
    */
   std::vector<std::string> FetchSelectedFoldsFromUI();
 
   /**
    * @brief Returns all paths from the dynamically generated ctk-path-line-edit boxes.
    *
    * @return std::vector<std::string>
    */
   std::vector<mitk::Image::ConstPointer> FetchMultiModalImagesFromUI();
 
   Ui_QmitknnUNetToolGUIControls m_Controls;
   QmitkGPULoader m_GpuLoader;
 
   /**
    * @brief Stores all dynamically added ctk-path-line-edit UI elements.
    *
    */
   std::vector<QmitkDataStorageComboBox *> m_Modalities;
 
   std::vector<std::unique_ptr<QmitknnUNetTaskParamsUITemplate>> m_EnsembleParams;
 
   mitk::NodePredicateBase::Pointer m_MultiModalPredicate;
 
   /**
    * @brief Stores row count of the "advancedSettingsLayout" layout element. This value helps dynamically add
    * ctk-path-line-edit UI elements at the right place. Forced to initialize in the InitializeUI method since there is
    * no guarantee of retrieving exact row count anywhere else.
    *
    */
   int m_UI_ROWS;
 
   /**
    * @brief Stores path of the model director (RESULTS_FOLDER appended by "nnUNet").
    *
    */
   std::shared_ptr<QmitknnUNetFolderParser> m_ParentFolder = nullptr;
 
   /**
    * @brief Valid list of models supported by nnUNet
    *
    */
   const QStringList m_VALID_MODELS = {"2d", "3d_lowres", "3d_fullres", "3d_cascade_fullres", "ensembles"};
 };
 #endif