diff --git a/pkg/backends/mlx/mlx.go b/pkg/backends/mlx/mlx.go
index 06f3128..c3324d2 100644
--- a/pkg/backends/mlx/mlx.go
+++ b/pkg/backends/mlx/mlx.go
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ type MlxServerOptions struct {
 	Model       string `json:"model,omitempty"`
 	Host        string `json:"host,omitempty"`
 	Port        int    `json:"port,omitempty"`
-	PythonPath  string `json:"python_path,omitempty"`  // Custom: Python venv path
 	
 	// Model and adapter options
 	AdapterPath     string `json:"adapter_path,omitempty"`
@@ -59,7 +58,7 @@ func (o *MlxServerOptions) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) error {
 		"m":            "model",
 		"host":         "host",
 		"port":         "port",
-		"python_path":  "python_path",
+//     "python_path":  "python_path", // removed
 		
 		// Model and adapter options
 		"adapter-path":      "adapter_path",
@@ -145,9 +144,7 @@ func NewMlxServerOptions() *MlxServerOptions {
 // BuildCommandArgs converts to command line arguments
 func (o *MlxServerOptions) BuildCommandArgs() []string {
 	var args []string
-	
-	// Note: PythonPath is handled in lifecycle.go execution logic
-	
+		
 	// Required and basic options
 	if o.Model != "" {
 		args = append(args, "--model", o.Model)
diff --git a/pkg/config/config.go b/pkg/config/config.go
index 3c476d5..28087db 100644
--- a/pkg/config/config.go
+++ b/pkg/config/config.go
@@ -71,9 +71,6 @@ type InstancesConfig struct {
 	// Enable LRU eviction for instance logs
 	EnableLRUEviction bool `yaml:"enable_lru_eviction"`
 
-	// Path to llama-server executable
-	LlamaExecutable string `yaml:"llama_executable"`
-
 	// Default auto-restart setting for new instances
 	DefaultAutoRestart bool `yaml:"default_auto_restart"`
 
@@ -135,7 +132,6 @@ func LoadConfig(configPath string) (AppConfig, error) {
 			MaxInstances:         -1, // -1 means unlimited
 			MaxRunningInstances:  -1, // -1 means unlimited
 			EnableLRUEviction:    true,
-			LlamaExecutable:      "llama-server",
 			DefaultAutoRestart:   true,
 			DefaultMaxRestarts:   3,
 			DefaultRestartDelay:  5,
diff --git a/webui/src/lib/zodFormUtils.ts b/webui/src/lib/zodFormUtils.ts
index ee1d6a1..7bde5a9 100644
--- a/webui/src/lib/zodFormUtils.ts
+++ b/webui/src/lib/zodFormUtils.ts
@@ -90,11 +90,6 @@ const basicMlxFieldsConfig: Record<string, {
     description: 'The path to the MLX model weights, tokenizer, and config',
     required: true
   },
-  python_path: {
-    label: 'Python Virtual Environment Path',
-    placeholder: '/path/to/venv',
-    description: 'Path to Python virtual environment (optional)'
-  },
   temp: {
     label: 'Temperature',
     placeholder: '0.0',
diff --git a/webui/src/schemas/instanceOptions.ts b/webui/src/schemas/instanceOptions.ts
index 91a932a..7fa0dcc 100644
--- a/webui/src/schemas/instanceOptions.ts
+++ b/webui/src/schemas/instanceOptions.ts
@@ -176,7 +176,6 @@ export const MlxBackendOptionsSchema = z.object({
   model: z.string().optional(),
   host: z.string().optional(),
   port: z.number().optional(),
-  python_path: z.string().optional(),
   
   // Model and adapter options
   adapter_path: z.string().optional(),