diff --git a/ml/backend/ggml/ggml.go b/ml/backend/ggml/ggml.go
index 591e29ccb..d1d3c40e6 100644
--- a/ml/backend/ggml/ggml.go
+++ b/ml/backend/ggml/ggml.go
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import (
 	"sync/atomic"
 	"unicode"
 	"unsafe"
-	"sync"
 
 	"github.com/ollama/ollama/format"
 	"github.com/ollama/ollama/fs"