diff --git a/sentence_transformers/SentenceTransformer.py b/sentence_transformers/SentenceTransformer.py
index c497dadbc..5184ad854 100644
--- a/sentence_transformers/SentenceTransformer.py
+++ b/sentence_transformers/SentenceTransformer.py
@@ -539,9 +539,11 @@ def encode(
         if convert_to_tensor:
             convert_to_numpy = False
 
-        if output_value != "sentence_embedding":
-            convert_to_tensor = False
-            convert_to_numpy = False
+        # NOTE: Results in issue #3185, where the output is always a torch.Tensor,
+        # even when output_value is set to "token_embeddings"
+        # if output_value != "sentence_embedding":
+        #     convert_to_tensor = False
+        #     convert_to_numpy = False
 
         input_was_string = False
         if isinstance(sentences, str) or not hasattr(