diff --git a/api/Cargo.toml b/api/Cargo.toml
index 289d7ba32..07532fa64 100644
--- a/api/Cargo.toml
+++ b/api/Cargo.toml
@@ -110,7 +110,6 @@ diesel_migrations = "2.0.0"
 html-escape = "0.2.13"
 tokio-cron-scheduler = "0.13.0"
 tokio-retry = "0.3.0"
-fastembed = "4.9.0"
 
 [profile.release]
 debug = false
diff --git a/api/libs/rerank/Cargo.toml b/api/libs/rerank/Cargo.toml
index 52ad7369c..2c0b57863 100644
--- a/api/libs/rerank/Cargo.toml
+++ b/api/libs/rerank/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ reqwest = { workspace = true }
 serde = { workspace = true }
 serde_json = { workspace = true }
 dotenv = { workspace = true }
-fastembed = "4.8.0"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 dotenv = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/api/libs/rerank/src/lib.rs b/api/libs/rerank/src/lib.rs
index 95fb716b9..5411bb394 100644
--- a/api/libs/rerank/src/lib.rs
+++ b/api/libs/rerank/src/lib.rs
@@ -9,24 +9,15 @@ pub struct Reranker {
     base_url: String,
     model: String,
     client: Client,
-    environment: String,
 }
 
 impl Reranker {
     pub fn new() -> Result<Self, Box<dyn Error>> {
         dotenv().ok();
-        let environment = env::var("ENVIRONMENT").unwrap_or_else(|_| "production".to_string());
         
-        // If local environment, we don't need these values
-        let (api_key, model, base_url) = if environment == "local" {
-            (String::new(), String::new(), String::new())
-        } else {
-            (
-                env::var("RERANK_API_KEY")?,
-                env::var("RERANK_MODEL")?,
-                env::var("RERANK_BASE_URL")?,
-            )
-        };
+        let api_key = env::var("RERANK_API_KEY")?;
+        let model = env::var("RERANK_MODEL")?;
+        let base_url = env::var("RERANK_BASE_URL")?;
         
         let client = Client::new();
         Ok(Self {
@@ -34,7 +25,6 @@ impl Reranker {
             base_url,
             model,
             client,
-            environment,
         })
     }
 
@@ -44,18 +34,13 @@ impl Reranker {
         documents: &[&str],
         top_n: usize,
     ) -> Result<Vec<RerankResult>, Box<dyn Error>> {
-        // Use local fastembed reranking if ENVIRONMENT is set to local
-        if self.environment == "local" {
-            return self.local_rerank(query, documents, top_n).await;
-        }
-        
-        // Otherwise use the remote API
         let request_body = RerankRequest {
             query: query.to_string(),
             documents: documents.iter().map(|s| s.to_string()).collect(),
             top_n,
             model: self.model.clone(),
         };
+        
         let response = self
             .client
             .post(&self.base_url)
@@ -63,40 +48,10 @@ impl Reranker {
             .json(&request_body)
             .send()
             .await?;
+            
         let response_body: RerankResponse = response.json().await?;
         Ok(response_body.results)
     }
-    
-    async fn local_rerank(
-        &self,
-        query: &str,
-        documents: &[&str],
-        top_n: usize,
-    ) -> Result<Vec<RerankResult>, Box<dyn Error>> {
-        use fastembed::{TextRerank, RerankInitOptions, RerankerModel};
-        
-        // Initialize the reranker model
-        let model = TextRerank::try_new(
-            RerankInitOptions::new(RerankerModel::JINARerankerV1TurboEn).with_show_download_progress(true),
-        )?;
-        
-        // Limit top_n to the number of documents
-        let actual_top_n = std::cmp::min(top_n, documents.len());
-
-        // Perform reranking
-        let fastembed_results = model.rerank(query, documents.to_vec(),false, Some(actual_top_n))?;
-        
-        // Convert fastembed results to our RerankResult format
-        let results = fastembed_results
-            .iter()
-            .map(|result| RerankResult {
-                index: result.index,
-                relevance_score: result.score,
-            })
-            .collect();
-        
-        Ok(results)
-    }
 }
 
 #[derive(Serialize)]
diff --git a/api/server/Cargo.toml b/api/server/Cargo.toml
index 9eadbf44b..8d54a687d 100644
--- a/api/server/Cargo.toml
+++ b/api/server/Cargo.toml
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ tower-http = { workspace = true }
 tracing = { workspace = true }
 tracing-subscriber = { workspace = true }
 uuid = { workspace = true }
-fastembed = { workspace = true }
 
 # Local dependencies
 handlers = { path = "../libs/handlers" }
diff --git a/api/server/src/main.rs b/api/server/src/main.rs
index 7b799fe1d..674d82524 100644
--- a/api/server/src/main.rs
+++ b/api/server/src/main.rs
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ use tower::ServiceBuilder;
 use tower_http::{compression::CompressionLayer, trace::TraceLayer};
 use tracing::{error, info, warn};
 use tracing_subscriber::{layer::SubscriberExt, util::SubscriberInitExt, EnvFilter};
-use fastembed::{InitOptions, RerankInitOptions, RerankerModel, TextRerank};
 
 pub const MIGRATIONS: EmbeddedMigrations = embed_migrations!();
 
@@ -34,13 +33,6 @@ async fn main() -> Result<(), anyhow::Error> {
     let environment = env::var("ENVIRONMENT").unwrap_or_else(|_| "development".to_string());
     let is_development = environment == "development";
 
-    if environment == "local" {
-        let options =
-            RerankInitOptions::new(RerankerModel::JINARerankerV1TurboEn).with_show_download_progress(true);
-        let model = TextRerank::try_new(options)?;
-        println!("Model loaded and ready!");
-    }
-
     ring::default_provider()
         .install_default()
         .expect("Failed to install default crypto provider");