diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index b86cc706..f08cb9a0 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ ARG TARGETARCH
 ARG TARGETVARIANT
 
 ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
-ENV EXTERNAL_GRPC_BACKENDS="coqui:/build/backend/python/coqui/run.sh,huggingface-embeddings:/build/backend/python/sentencetransformers/run.sh,transformers:/build/backend/python/transformers/run.sh,sentencetransformers:/build/backend/python/sentencetransformers/run.sh,rerankers:/build/backend/python/rerankers/run.sh,autogptq:/build/backend/python/autogptq/run.sh,bark:/build/backend/python/bark/run.sh,diffusers:/build/backend/python/diffusers/run.sh,exllama:/build/backend/python/exllama/run.sh,openvoice:/build/backend/python/openvoice/run.sh,vall-e-x:/build/backend/python/vall-e-x/run.sh,vllm:/build/backend/python/vllm/run.sh,mamba:/build/backend/python/mamba/run.sh,exllama2:/build/backend/python/exllama2/run.sh,transformers-musicgen:/build/backend/python/transformers-musicgen/run.sh,parler-tts:/build/backend/python/parler-tts/run.sh"
+ENV EXTERNAL_GRPC_BACKENDS="coqui:/build/backend/python/coqui/run.sh,huggingface-embeddings:/build/backend/python/sentencetransformers/run.sh,transformers:/build/backend/python/transformers/run.sh,sentencetransformers:/build/backend/python/sentencetransformers/run.sh,rerankers:/build/backend/python/rerankers/run.sh,autogptq:/build/backend/python/autogptq/run.sh,bark:/build/backend/python/bark/run.sh,diffusers:/build/backend/python/diffusers/run.sh,openvoice:/build/backend/python/openvoice/run.sh,vall-e-x:/build/backend/python/vall-e-x/run.sh,vllm:/build/backend/python/vllm/run.sh,mamba:/build/backend/python/mamba/run.sh,exllama2:/build/backend/python/exllama2/run.sh,transformers-musicgen:/build/backend/python/transformers-musicgen/run.sh,parler-tts:/build/backend/python/parler-tts/run.sh"
 
 
 RUN apt-get update && \
@@ -418,9 +418,6 @@ RUN if [[ ( "${EXTRA_BACKENDS}" =~ "coqui" || -z "${EXTRA_BACKENDS}" ) && "$IMAG
     ; fi && \
     if [[ ( "${EXTRA_BACKENDS}" =~ "transformers-musicgen" || -z "${EXTRA_BACKENDS}" ) && "$IMAGE_TYPE" == "extras" ]]; then \
         make -C backend/python/transformers-musicgen \
-    ; fi && \
-    if [[ ( "${EXTRA_BACKENDS}" =~ "exllama1" || -z "${EXTRA_BACKENDS}" ) && "$IMAGE_TYPE" == "extras" ]]; then \
-        make -C backend/python/exllama \
     ; fi
 
 RUN if [[ ( "${EXTRA_BACKENDS}" =~ "vall-e-x" || -z "${EXTRA_BACKENDS}" ) && "$IMAGE_TYPE" == "extras" ]]; then \
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3d9ea592..a3f0ffd0 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -534,10 +534,10 @@ protogen-go-clean:
 	$(RM) bin/*
 
 .PHONY: protogen-python
-protogen-python: autogptq-protogen bark-protogen coqui-protogen diffusers-protogen exllama-protogen exllama2-protogen mamba-protogen rerankers-protogen sentencetransformers-protogen transformers-protogen parler-tts-protogen transformers-musicgen-protogen vall-e-x-protogen vllm-protogen openvoice-protogen
+protogen-python: autogptq-protogen bark-protogen coqui-protogen diffusers-protogen exllama2-protogen mamba-protogen rerankers-protogen sentencetransformers-protogen transformers-protogen parler-tts-protogen transformers-musicgen-protogen vall-e-x-protogen vllm-protogen openvoice-protogen
 
 .PHONY: protogen-python-clean
-protogen-python-clean: autogptq-protogen-clean bark-protogen-clean coqui-protogen-clean diffusers-protogen-clean exllama-protogen-clean exllama2-protogen-clean mamba-protogen-clean sentencetransformers-protogen-clean rerankers-protogen-clean transformers-protogen-clean transformers-musicgen-protogen-clean parler-tts-protogen-clean vall-e-x-protogen-clean vllm-protogen-clean openvoice-protogen-clean
+protogen-python-clean: autogptq-protogen-clean bark-protogen-clean coqui-protogen-clean diffusers-protogen-clean  exllama2-protogen-clean mamba-protogen-clean sentencetransformers-protogen-clean rerankers-protogen-clean transformers-protogen-clean transformers-musicgen-protogen-clean parler-tts-protogen-clean vall-e-x-protogen-clean vllm-protogen-clean openvoice-protogen-clean
 
 .PHONY: autogptq-protogen
 autogptq-protogen:
@@ -571,14 +571,6 @@ diffusers-protogen:
 diffusers-protogen-clean:
 	$(MAKE) -C backend/python/diffusers protogen-clean
 
-.PHONY: exllama-protogen
-exllama-protogen:
-	$(MAKE) -C backend/python/exllama protogen
-
-.PHONY: exllama-protogen-clean
-exllama-protogen-clean:
-	$(MAKE) -C backend/python/exllama protogen-clean
-
 .PHONY: exllama2-protogen
 exllama2-protogen:
 	$(MAKE) -C backend/python/exllama2 protogen
@@ -675,7 +667,6 @@ prepare-extra-conda-environments: protogen-python
 	$(MAKE) -C backend/python/parler-tts
 	$(MAKE) -C backend/python/vall-e-x
 	$(MAKE) -C backend/python/openvoice
-	$(MAKE) -C backend/python/exllama
 	$(MAKE) -C backend/python/exllama2
 
 prepare-test-extra: protogen-python
diff --git a/backend/python/exllama/.gitignore b/backend/python/exllama/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 1d3a0654..00000000
--- a/backend/python/exllama/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-source
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backend/python/exllama/Makefile b/backend/python/exllama/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index e6a67881..00000000
--- a/backend/python/exllama/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-export CONDA_ENV_PATH = "exllama.yml"
-
-.PHONY: exllama
-exllama: protogen
-	bash install.sh ${CONDA_ENV_PATH}
-
-.PHONY: run
-run: protogen
-	@echo "Running exllama..."
-	bash run.sh
-	@echo "exllama run."
-
-.PHONY: protogen
-protogen: backend_pb2_grpc.py backend_pb2.py
-
-.PHONY: protogen-clean
-protogen-clean:
-	$(RM) backend_pb2_grpc.py backend_pb2.py
-
-backend_pb2_grpc.py backend_pb2.py:
-	python3 -m grpc_tools.protoc -I../.. --python_out=. --grpc_python_out=. backend.proto
-
-.PHONY: clean
-clean: protogen-clean
-	$(RM) -r venv source __pycache__
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backend/python/exllama/README.md b/backend/python/exllama/README.md
deleted file mode 100644
index f9ed5e9f..00000000
--- a/backend/python/exllama/README.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-# Creating a separate environment for the exllama project
-
-```
-make exllama
-```
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backend/python/exllama/backend.py b/backend/python/exllama/backend.py
deleted file mode 100755
index 58d1392c..00000000
--- a/backend/python/exllama/backend.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,159 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python3
-import grpc
-from concurrent import futures
-import time
-import backend_pb2
-import backend_pb2_grpc
-import argparse
-import signal
-import sys
-import os, glob
-
-from pathlib import Path
-import torch
-import torch.nn.functional as F
-from torch import version as torch_version
-
-from source.tokenizer import ExLlamaTokenizer
-from source.generator import ExLlamaGenerator
-from source.model import ExLlama, ExLlamaCache, ExLlamaConfig
-
-_ONE_DAY_IN_SECONDS = 60 * 60 * 24
-
-# If MAX_WORKERS are specified in the environment use it, otherwise default to 1
-MAX_WORKERS = int(os.environ.get('PYTHON_GRPC_MAX_WORKERS', '1'))
-
-# Implement the BackendServicer class with the service methods
-class BackendServicer(backend_pb2_grpc.BackendServicer):
-    def generate(self,prompt, max_new_tokens):
-        self.generator.end_beam_search()
-
-        # Tokenizing the input
-        ids = self.generator.tokenizer.encode(prompt)
-
-        self.generator.gen_begin_reuse(ids)
-        initial_len = self.generator.sequence[0].shape[0]
-        has_leading_space = False
-        decoded_text = ''
-        for i in range(max_new_tokens):
-            token = self.generator.gen_single_token()
-            if i == 0 and self.generator.tokenizer.tokenizer.IdToPiece(int(token)).startswith('▁'):
-                has_leading_space = True
-
-            decoded_text = self.generator.tokenizer.decode(self.generator.sequence[0][initial_len:])
-            if has_leading_space:
-                decoded_text = ' ' + decoded_text
-
-            if token.item() == self.generator.tokenizer.eos_token_id:
-                break
-        return decoded_text
-    def Health(self, request, context):
-        return backend_pb2.Reply(message=bytes("OK", 'utf-8'))
-    def LoadModel(self, request, context):
-        try:
-            # https://github.com/turboderp/exllama/blob/master/example_cfg.py
-            model_directory = request.ModelFile
-
-            # Locate files we need within that directory
-            tokenizer_path = os.path.join(model_directory, "tokenizer.model")
-            model_config_path = os.path.join(model_directory, "config.json")
-            st_pattern = os.path.join(model_directory, "*.safetensors")
-            model_path = glob.glob(st_pattern)[0]
-
-            # Create config, model, tokenizer and generator
-
-            config = ExLlamaConfig(model_config_path)               # create config from config.json
-            config.model_path = model_path                          # supply path to model weights file
-            if (request.ContextSize):
-                config.max_seq_len = request.ContextSize            # override max sequence length
-                config.max_attention_size = request.ContextSize**2  # Should be set to context_size^2. 
-                # https://github.com/turboderp/exllama/issues/220#issuecomment-1720324163
-
-            # Set Rope scaling.
-            if (request.RopeFreqScale):
-                # Alpha value for Rope scaling. 
-                # Higher value increases context but adds perplexity.
-                # alpha_value and compress_pos_emb are mutually exclusive.
-                # https://github.com/turboderp/exllama/issues/115
-                config.alpha_value = request.RopeFreqScale
-                config.calculate_rotary_embedding_base()
-
-            model = ExLlama(config)                                 # create ExLlama instance and load the weights
-            tokenizer = ExLlamaTokenizer(tokenizer_path)            # create tokenizer from tokenizer model file
-
-            cache = ExLlamaCache(model, batch_size = 2)             # create cache for inference
-            generator = ExLlamaGenerator(model, tokenizer, cache)   # create generator
-
-            self.generator= generator
-            self.model = model
-            self.tokenizer = tokenizer
-            self.cache = cache
-        except Exception as err:
-            return backend_pb2.Result(success=False, message=f"Unexpected {err=}, {type(err)=}")
-        return backend_pb2.Result(message="Model loaded successfully", success=True)
-
-    def Predict(self, request, context):
-        penalty = 1.15
-        if request.Penalty != 0.0:
-            penalty = request.Penalty
-        self.generator.settings.token_repetition_penalty_max = penalty
-        self.generator.settings.temperature = request.Temperature
-        self.generator.settings.top_k = request.TopK
-        self.generator.settings.top_p = request.TopP
-
-        tokens = 512
-        if request.Tokens != 0:
-            tokens = request.Tokens
-
-        if self.cache.batch_size == 1:
-            del self.cache
-            self.cache = ExLlamaCache(self.model, batch_size=2)
-            self.generator = ExLlamaGenerator(self.model, self.tokenizer, self.cache)
-
-        t = self.generate(request.Prompt, tokens)
-
-        # Remove prompt from response if present
-        if request.Prompt in t:
-            t = t.replace(request.Prompt, "")
-
-        return backend_pb2.Result(message=bytes(t, encoding='utf-8'))
-
-    def PredictStream(self, request, context):
-        # Implement PredictStream RPC
-        #for reply in some_data_generator():
-        #    yield reply
-        # Not implemented yet
-        return self.Predict(request, context)
-
-
-def serve(address):
-    server = grpc.server(futures.ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=MAX_WORKERS))
-    backend_pb2_grpc.add_BackendServicer_to_server(BackendServicer(), server)
-    server.add_insecure_port(address)
-    server.start()
-    print("Server started. Listening on: " + address, file=sys.stderr)
-
-    # Define the signal handler function
-    def signal_handler(sig, frame):
-        print("Received termination signal. Shutting down...")
-        server.stop(0)
-        sys.exit(0)
-
-    # Set the signal handlers for SIGINT and SIGTERM
-    signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, signal_handler)
-    signal.signal(signal.SIGTERM, signal_handler)
-
-    try:
-        while True:
-            time.sleep(_ONE_DAY_IN_SECONDS)
-    except KeyboardInterrupt:
-        server.stop(0)
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Run the gRPC server.")
-    parser.add_argument(
-        "--addr", default="localhost:50051", help="The address to bind the server to."
-    )
-    args = parser.parse_args()
-
-    serve(args.addr)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backend/python/exllama/install.sh b/backend/python/exllama/install.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index d33c4356..00000000
--- a/backend/python/exllama/install.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-set -e
-
-LIMIT_TARGETS="cublas"
-
-source $(dirname $0)/../common/libbackend.sh
-
-installRequirements
-
-git clone https://github.com/turboderp/exllama $MY_DIR/source
-uv pip install ${BUILD_ISOLATION_FLAG} --requirement ${MY_DIR}/source/requirements.txt
-
-cp -v ./*py $MY_DIR/source/
diff --git a/backend/python/exllama/requirements-cpu.txt b/backend/python/exllama/requirements-cpu.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index bbcdc8cd..00000000
--- a/backend/python/exllama/requirements-cpu.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-transformers
-accelerate
-torch
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backend/python/exllama/requirements-cublas11.txt b/backend/python/exllama/requirements-cublas11.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 1dfb5b98..00000000
--- a/backend/python/exllama/requirements-cublas11.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
---extra-index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cu118
-torch
-transformers
-accelerate
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backend/python/exllama/requirements-cublas12.txt b/backend/python/exllama/requirements-cublas12.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 1ec544cd..00000000
--- a/backend/python/exllama/requirements-cublas12.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-torch
-transformers
-accelerate
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backend/python/exllama/requirements.txt b/backend/python/exllama/requirements.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index b9c192d5..00000000
--- a/backend/python/exllama/requirements.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-grpcio==1.66.1
-protobuf
-certifi
-setuptools
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backend/python/exllama/run.sh b/backend/python/exllama/run.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 63119689..00000000
--- a/backend/python/exllama/run.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-LIMIT_TARGETS="cublas"
-BACKEND_FILE="${MY_DIR}/source/backend.py"
-
-source $(dirname $0)/../common/libbackend.sh
-
-startBackend $@
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backend/python/exllama/test.sh b/backend/python/exllama/test.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 6940b066..00000000
--- a/backend/python/exllama/test.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-set -e
-
-source $(dirname $0)/../common/libbackend.sh
-
-runUnittests