diff --git a/pkg/server/handlers_backends.go b/pkg/server/handlers_backends.go
index 9ff20b5..d3132af 100644
--- a/pkg/server/handlers_backends.go
+++ b/pkg/server/handlers_backends.go
@@ -94,9 +94,6 @@ func (h *Handler) LlamaCppProxy(onDemandStart bool) http.HandlerFunc {
 			r.URL.Path = strings.TrimPrefix(r.URL.Path, prefix)
 		}
 
-		// Update the last request time for the instance
-		inst.UpdateLastRequestTime()
-
 		proxy.ServeHTTP(w, r)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/pkg/server/handlers_instances.go b/pkg/server/handlers_instances.go
index 10b88d7..7a444d0 100644
--- a/pkg/server/handlers_instances.go
+++ b/pkg/server/handlers_instances.go
@@ -392,9 +392,6 @@ func (h *Handler) ProxyToInstance() http.HandlerFunc {
 			r.URL.Path = strings.TrimPrefix(r.URL.Path, prefix)
 		}
 
-		// Update the last request time for the instance
-		inst.UpdateLastRequestTime()
-
 		// Set forwarded headers
 		r.Header.Set("X-Forwarded-Host", r.Header.Get("Host"))
 		r.Header.Set("X-Forwarded-Proto", "http")
diff --git a/pkg/server/handlers_openai.go b/pkg/server/handlers_openai.go
index fd9b818..9ad3207 100644
--- a/pkg/server/handlers_openai.go
+++ b/pkg/server/handlers_openai.go
@@ -136,9 +136,6 @@ func (h *Handler) OpenAIProxy() http.HandlerFunc {
 			return
 		}
 
-		// Update last request time for the instance
-		inst.UpdateLastRequestTime()
-
 		// Recreate the request body from the bytes we read
 		r.Body = io.NopCloser(bytes.NewReader(bodyBytes))
 		r.ContentLength = int64(len(bodyBytes))