diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f6164942..2fcaec5d 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ dependencies = [
   "pydantic",
   "protobuf==6.31.1",
   "dijkstar==2.6.0",
-  "huggingface-hub",
   "lattica==1.0.3",
 ]
 
diff --git a/src/backend/server/static_config.py b/src/backend/server/static_config.py
index b03f833b..33ee91e8 100644
--- a/src/backend/server/static_config.py
+++ b/src/backend/server/static_config.py
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-import json
-
-from huggingface_hub import hf_hub_download
+from mlx_lm.utils import get_model_path, load_config
 
 from scheduling.model_info import ModelInfo
 
@@ -42,10 +40,8 @@
 
 
 def get_model_info(model_name):
-    config_path = hf_hub_download(repo_id=model_name, filename="config.json")
-    with open(config_path, "r") as f:
-        config = json.load(f)
-        f.close()
+    model_path = get_model_path(model_name)[0]
+    config = load_config(model_path)
 
     # get quant method
     quant_method = config.get("quant_method", None)