diff --git a/feature_engine/encoding/one_hot.py b/feature_engine/encoding/one_hot.py
index 9d028475b..46032711c 100644
--- a/feature_engine/encoding/one_hot.py
+++ b/feature_engine/encoding/one_hot.py
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ def _get_new_features_name(self) -> List:
 
     def _add_new_feature_names(self, feature_names) -> List:
         """Adds new features to df columns, and removes categoricals."""
-        feature_names = feature_names + self._get_new_features_name()
         feature_names = [f for f in feature_names if f not in self.variables_]
+        feature_names = feature_names + self._get_new_features_name()
 
         return feature_names