diff --git a/cmd/cmd.go b/cmd/cmd.go
index 2252a905..b761d018 100644
--- a/cmd/cmd.go
+++ b/cmd/cmd.go
@@ -1344,7 +1344,6 @@ func NewCLI() *cobra.Command {
 				envVars["OLLAMA_TMPDIR"],
 				envVars["OLLAMA_FLASH_ATTENTION"],
 				envVars["OLLAMA_LLM_LIBRARY"],
-				envVars["OLLAMA_MAX_VRAM"],
 			})
 		default:
 			appendEnvDocs(cmd, envs)
diff --git a/envconfig/config.go b/envconfig/config.go
index 62d661eb..0abc6968 100644
--- a/envconfig/config.go
+++ b/envconfig/config.go
@@ -43,8 +43,6 @@ var (
 	MaxRunners int
 	// Set via OLLAMA_MAX_QUEUE in the environment
 	MaxQueuedRequests int
-	// Set via OLLAMA_MAX_VRAM in the environment
-	MaxVRAM uint64
 	// Set via OLLAMA_MODELS in the environment
 	ModelsDir string
 	// Set via OLLAMA_NOHISTORY in the environment
@@ -89,7 +87,6 @@ func AsMap() map[string]EnvVar {
 		"OLLAMA_LLM_LIBRARY":       {"OLLAMA_LLM_LIBRARY", LLMLibrary, "Set LLM library to bypass autodetection"},
 		"OLLAMA_MAX_LOADED_MODELS": {"OLLAMA_MAX_LOADED_MODELS", MaxRunners, "Maximum number of loaded models per GPU"},
 		"OLLAMA_MAX_QUEUE":         {"OLLAMA_MAX_QUEUE", MaxQueuedRequests, "Maximum number of queued requests"},
-		"OLLAMA_MAX_VRAM":          {"OLLAMA_MAX_VRAM", MaxVRAM, "Maximum VRAM"},
 		"OLLAMA_MODELS":            {"OLLAMA_MODELS", ModelsDir, "The path to the models directory"},
 		"OLLAMA_NOHISTORY":         {"OLLAMA_NOHISTORY", NoHistory, "Do not preserve readline history"},
 		"OLLAMA_NOPRUNE":           {"OLLAMA_NOPRUNE", NoPrune, "Do not prune model blobs on startup"},
@@ -194,16 +191,6 @@ func LoadConfig() {
 
 	TmpDir = clean("OLLAMA_TMPDIR")
 
-	userLimit := clean("OLLAMA_MAX_VRAM")
-	if userLimit != "" {
-		avail, err := strconv.ParseUint(userLimit, 10, 64)
-		if err != nil {
-			slog.Error("invalid setting, ignoring", "OLLAMA_MAX_VRAM", userLimit, "error", err)
-		} else {
-			MaxVRAM = avail
-		}
-	}
-
 	LLMLibrary = clean("OLLAMA_LLM_LIBRARY")
 
 	if onp := clean("OLLAMA_NUM_PARALLEL"); onp != "" {
diff --git a/integration/concurrency_test.go b/integration/concurrency_test.go
index d66ba9f0..8593285b 100644
--- a/integration/concurrency_test.go
+++ b/integration/concurrency_test.go
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ func TestIntegrationConcurrentPredictOrcaMini(t *testing.T) {
 	reqLimit := len(req)
 	iterLimit := 5
 
-	vram := os.Getenv("OLLAMA_MAX_VRAM")
+	vram := os.Getenv("OLLAMA_MAX_VRAM") // TODO - discover actual VRAM
 	if vram != "" {
 		max, err := strconv.ParseUint(vram, 10, 64)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ func TestIntegrationConcurrentPredictOrcaMini(t *testing.T) {
 
 // Stress the system if we know how much VRAM it has, and attempt to load more models than will fit
 func TestMultiModelStress(t *testing.T) {
-	vram := os.Getenv("OLLAMA_MAX_VRAM")
+	vram := os.Getenv("OLLAMA_MAX_VRAM") // TODO - discover actual VRAM
 	if vram == "" {
 		t.Skip("OLLAMA_MAX_VRAM not specified, can't pick the right models for the stress test")
 	}