diff --git a/nodes/config/gtUIOllamaStructureConfig.py b/nodes/config/gtUIOllamaStructureConfig.py
index e17652b..9dd2be9 100644
--- a/nodes/config/gtUIOllamaStructureConfig.py
+++ b/nodes/config/gtUIOllamaStructureConfig.py
@@ -7,13 +7,10 @@ from griptape.drivers import (
     OllamaPromptDriver,
 )
 
-from ..utilities import get_models
 from .gtUIBaseConfig import gtUIBaseConfig
 
 ollama_port = "11434"
 ollama_base_url = "http://127.0.0.1"
-ollama_models = get_models("ollama", ollama_base_url, ollama_port)
-ollama_models.append("")
 
 
 class gtUIOllamaStructureConfig(gtUIBaseConfig):
diff --git a/nodes/drivers/gtUIOllamaEmbeddingDriver.py b/nodes/drivers/gtUIOllamaEmbeddingDriver.py
index 6146030..9640a07 100644
--- a/nodes/drivers/gtUIOllamaEmbeddingDriver.py
+++ b/nodes/drivers/gtUIOllamaEmbeddingDriver.py
@@ -1,13 +1,9 @@
 from griptape.drivers import OllamaEmbeddingDriver
 
-from ..utilities import get_models
 from .gtUIBaseEmbeddingDriver import gtUIBaseEmbeddingDriver
 
 default_port = "11434"
 default_base_url = "http://127.0.0.1"
-models = get_models("ollama", default_base_url, default_port)
-if len(models) == 0:
-    models.append("")
 
 
 class gtUIOllamaEmbeddingDriver(gtUIBaseEmbeddingDriver):
diff --git a/nodes/drivers/gtUIOllamaPromptDriver.py b/nodes/drivers/gtUIOllamaPromptDriver.py
index 1ca493d..352b1d8 100644
--- a/nodes/drivers/gtUIOllamaPromptDriver.py
+++ b/nodes/drivers/gtUIOllamaPromptDriver.py
@@ -1,13 +1,9 @@
 from griptape.drivers import OllamaPromptDriver
 
-from ..utilities import get_models
 from .gtUIBasePromptDriver import gtUIBasePromptDriver
 
 default_port = "11434"
 default_base_url = "http://127.0.0.1"
-models = get_models("ollama", default_base_url, default_port)
-if len(models) == 0:
-    models.append("")
 
 
 class gtUIOllamaPromptDriver(gtUIBasePromptDriver):