diff --git a/backend/cpp/llama/grpc-server.cpp b/backend/cpp/llama/grpc-server.cpp
index c91ce854..a2e39a9c 100644
--- a/backend/cpp/llama/grpc-server.cpp
+++ b/backend/cpp/llama/grpc-server.cpp
@@ -1084,7 +1084,7 @@ struct llama_server_context
             slot.has_next_token = false;
         }
 
-        if (!slot.cache_tokens.empty() && result.tok == llama_token_eos(model))
+        if (result.tok == llama_token_eos(model))
         {
             slot.stopped_eos = true;
             slot.has_next_token = false;