diff --git a/packages/core/src/ollama.ts b/packages/core/src/ollama.ts
index 5a3dc3ae13..b9d6c72c1c 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/ollama.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/ollama.ts
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ async function listModels(
     // Fetch the list of models from the remote API
     const res = await fetch(cfg.base.replace("/v1", "/api/tags"), {
         method: "GET",
+        retries: 0,
     })
     if (res.status !== 200) return []
     // Parse and format the response into LanguageModelInfo objects
diff --git a/packages/core/src/openai.ts b/packages/core/src/openai.ts
index 3e1019247c..63f5ff4d37 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/openai.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/openai.ts
@@ -427,6 +427,7 @@ async function listModels(
             ...getConfigHeaders(cfg),
             Accept: "application/json",
         },
+        retries: 0
     })
     if (res.status !== 200) return []
     const { data } = (await res.json()) as {