diff --git a/envconfig/config.go b/envconfig/config.go
index 868813ae..7fc01887 100644
--- a/envconfig/config.go
+++ b/envconfig/config.go
@@ -185,8 +185,6 @@ var (
 	ContextLength = Uint("OLLAMA_CONTEXT_LENGTH", 4096)
 	// Auth enables authentication between the Ollama client and server
 	UseAuth = Bool("OLLAMA_AUTH")
-	// Enable the new memory estimation logic
-	NewMemoryEstimates = Bool("OLLAMA_NEW_ESTIMATES")
 )
 
 func String(s string) func() string {
@@ -272,7 +270,6 @@ func AsMap() map[string]EnvVar {
 		"OLLAMA_MULTIUSER_CACHE":   {"OLLAMA_MULTIUSER_CACHE", MultiUserCache(), "Optimize prompt caching for multi-user scenarios"},
 		"OLLAMA_CONTEXT_LENGTH":    {"OLLAMA_CONTEXT_LENGTH", ContextLength(), "Context length to use unless otherwise specified (default: 4096)"},
 		"OLLAMA_NEW_ENGINE":        {"OLLAMA_NEW_ENGINE", NewEngine(), "Enable the new Ollama engine"},
-		"OLLAMA_NEW_ESTIMATES":     {"OLLAMA_NEW_ESTIMATES", NewMemoryEstimates(), "Enable the new memory estimation logic"},
 
 		// Informational
 		"HTTP_PROXY":  {"HTTP_PROXY", String("HTTP_PROXY")(), "HTTP proxy"},
diff --git a/llm/server.go b/llm/server.go
index a22ae972..5caf1987 100644
--- a/llm/server.go
+++ b/llm/server.go
@@ -162,11 +162,6 @@ func NewLlamaServer(gpus discover.GpuInfoList, modelPath string, f *ggml.GGML, a
 		}
 	}
 
-	newEstimates := textProcessor != nil && envconfig.NewMemoryEstimates()
-	if newEstimates {
-		slog.Info("enabling new memory estimates")
-	}
-
 	// Verify the requested context size is <= the model training size
 	trainCtx := f.KV().ContextLength()
 	if opts.NumCtx > int(trainCtx) && trainCtx > 0 {
@@ -434,7 +429,7 @@ func NewLlamaServer(gpus discover.GpuInfoList, modelPath string, f *ggml.GGML, a
 			}
 		}()
 
-		if newEstimates {
+		if textProcessor != nil {
 			return &ollamaServer{llmServer: s}, nil
 		} else {
 			return &llamaServer{llmServer: s, ggml: f}, nil