diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-publish.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-publish.yaml
index e755415..8632b92 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-publish.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-publish.yaml
@@ -53,13 +53,6 @@ jobs:
           sudo apt-get update
           sudo apt-get install -y qemu-user-static
 
-      - name: Clone llama-cpp-python
-        run: |
-          git config --global user.email "podman-deskop@redhat.com"
-          git config --global user.name "Podman Desktop team"
-          cd chat
-          ./setup.sh
-
       - name: Build Playground Image
         id: build-image
         uses: redhat-actions/buildah-build@v2
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-check.yaml b/.github/workflows/pr-check.yaml
index 1e658f2..e990f45 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-check.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-check.yaml
@@ -49,13 +49,6 @@ jobs:
           sudo apt-get update
           sudo apt-get install -y qemu-user-static
 
-      - name: Clone llama-cpp-python
-        run: |
-          git config --global user.email "podman-deskop@redhat.com"
-          git config --global user.name "Podman Desktop team"
-          cd chat
-          ./setup.sh
-  
       - name: Build Playground Image
         id: build-image
         uses: redhat-actions/buildah-build@v2
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index d4177a5..2f8d840 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -89,13 +89,6 @@ jobs:
           sudo apt-get update
           sudo apt-get install -y qemu-user-static
 
-      - name: Clone llama-cpp-python
-        run: |
-          git config --global user.email "podman-deskop@redhat.com"
-          git config --global user.name "Podman Desktop team"
-          cd chat
-          ./setup.sh
-
       - name: Build Playground Image
         id: build-image
         uses: redhat-actions/buildah-build@v2
@@ -137,4 +130,4 @@ jobs:
         with:
           tag: ${{ needs.tag.outputs.githubTag }}
           name: ${{ needs.tag.outputs.githubTag }}
-   
+   
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 8a64383..0000000
--- a/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-llama-cpp-python
diff --git a/chat/base/Containerfile b/chat/base/Containerfile
index a4b2597..131cf56 100644
--- a/chat/base/Containerfile
+++ b/chat/base/Containerfile
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ RUN microdnf install -y python3 python3-pip gcc g++ shadow-utils && microdnf cle
 RUN useradd -r -g root -m -d /home/default -s /bin/bash default
 WORKDIR /home/default
 COPY requirements.txt requirements.txt
-COPY llama-cpp-python llama-cpp-python
 RUN pip install --no-cache-dir --upgrade -r requirements.txt
 USER default
 COPY run.sh run.sh
diff --git a/chat/cuda/amd64/Containerfile b/chat/cuda/amd64/Containerfile
index bf14595..86d94c3 100644
--- a/chat/cuda/amd64/Containerfile
+++ b/chat/cuda/amd64/Containerfile
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ RUN  dnf install -y gcc-toolset-13-gcc gcc-toolset-13-gcc-c++
 USER 1001
 WORKDIR /locallm
 COPY requirements.txt .
-COPY --chown=1001 llama-cpp-python llama-cpp-python
 COPY run.sh .
 ENV CMAKE_ARGS="-DGGML_CUDA=on -DLLAMA_AVX2=OFF -DLLAMA_FMA=OFF -DLLAMA_F16C=OFF"
 ENV FORCE_CMAKE=1
diff --git a/chat/requirements.txt b/chat/requirements.txt
index c9f91c6..3b71459 100644
--- a/chat/requirements.txt
+++ b/chat/requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-./llama-cpp-python[server]
+llama-cpp-python[server]==0.3.7
 pip==25.0.1
diff --git a/chat/setup.sh b/chat/setup.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 19cdb12..0000000
--- a/chat/setup.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-git clone https://github.com/abetlen/llama-cpp-python --no-checkout --recurse-submodules
-cd llama-cpp-python
-git checkout v0.3.2
-git submodule update
-git fetch origin pull/1552/head
-git rebase ffc47e5a95cf31fe6d9d6d7953d5eb17fdcc8513
diff --git a/chat/vulkan/amd64/Containerfile b/chat/vulkan/amd64/Containerfile
index da1ed4f..08c88cb 100644
--- a/chat/vulkan/amd64/Containerfile
+++ b/chat/vulkan/amd64/Containerfile
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ RUN dnf install -y python3-dnf-plugin-versionlock && \
 
 WORKDIR /locallm
 COPY requirements.txt ./
-COPY llama-cpp-python llama-cpp-python
 RUN pip install --upgrade pip
 ENV CMAKE_ARGS="-DGGML_VULKAN=on"
 ENV FORCE_CMAKE=1
diff --git a/chat/vulkan/arm64/Containerfile b/chat/vulkan/arm64/Containerfile
index 5f66182..fb6aedf 100644
--- a/chat/vulkan/arm64/Containerfile
+++ b/chat/vulkan/arm64/Containerfile
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-9.noarch.rpm && \
     dnf install -y glslc && \
     dnf clean all
 COPY requirements.txt ./
-COPY llama-cpp-python llama-cpp-python
 RUN pip install --upgrade pip
 ENV CMAKE_ARGS="-DGGML_VULKAN=on"
 ENV FORCE_CMAKE=1