diff --git a/api/types.go b/api/types.go
index 5048d5b6..3fbc5829 100644
--- a/api/types.go
+++ b/api/types.go
@@ -203,22 +203,12 @@ type GenerateResponse struct {
 	CreatedAt time.Time `json:"created_at"`
 	Response  string    `json:"response"`
 
-	ModelConfiguration ModelConfiguration `json:"model_configuration"`
-
 	Done    bool  `json:"done"`
 	Context []int `json:"context,omitempty"`
 
 	Metrics
 }
 
-type ModelConfiguration struct {
-	ModelFormat   string   `json:"model_format"`
-	ModelFamily   string   `json:"model_family"`
-	ModelFamilies []string `json:"model_families"`
-	ModelType     string   `json:"model_type"`
-	FileType      string   `json:"file_type"`
-}
-
 func (m *Metrics) Summary() {
 	if m.TotalDuration > 0 {
 		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "total duration:       %v\n", m.TotalDuration)
diff --git a/server/images.go b/server/images.go
index d2918ad8..097cbe2f 100644
--- a/server/images.go
+++ b/server/images.go
@@ -146,12 +146,16 @@ type ManifestV2 struct {
 }
 
 type ConfigV2 struct {
+	ModelFormat   string   `json:"model_format"`
+	ModelFamily   string   `json:"model_family"`
+	ModelFamilies []string `json:"model_families"`
+	ModelType     string   `json:"model_type"`
+	FileType      string   `json:"file_type"`
+
 	// required by spec
 	Architecture string `json:"architecture"`
 	OS           string `json:"os"`
 	RootFS       RootFS `json:"rootfs"`
-
-	api.ModelConfiguration
 }
 
 func (c *ConfigV2) SetModelFormat(format string) {
diff --git a/server/routes.go b/server/routes.go
index e788349a..8005d1cf 100644
--- a/server/routes.go
+++ b/server/routes.go
@@ -199,10 +199,9 @@ func GenerateHandler(c *gin.Context) {
 	// an empty request loads the model
 	if req.Prompt == "" && req.Template == "" && req.System == "" {
 		c.JSON(http.StatusOK, api.GenerateResponse{
-			CreatedAt:          time.Now().UTC(),
-			Model:              req.Model,
-			ModelConfiguration: model.Config.ModelConfiguration,
-			Done:               true})
+			CreatedAt: time.Now().UTC(),
+			Model:     req.Model,
+			Done:      true})
 		return
 	}
 
@@ -261,11 +260,10 @@ func GenerateHandler(c *gin.Context) {
 			}
 
 			resp := api.GenerateResponse{
-				Model:              r.Model,
-				ModelConfiguration: model.Config.ModelConfiguration,
-				CreatedAt:          r.CreatedAt,
-				Done:               r.Done,
-				Response:           r.Content,
+				Model:     r.Model,
+				CreatedAt: r.CreatedAt,
+				Done:      r.Done,
+				Response:  r.Content,
 				Metrics: api.Metrics{
 					TotalDuration:      r.TotalDuration,
 					LoadDuration:       r.LoadDuration,