diff --git a/cmd/cmd.go b/cmd/cmd.go
index b409e1955..bd529fc1d 100644
--- a/cmd/cmd.go
+++ b/cmd/cmd.go
@@ -51,13 +51,13 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ollama/ollama/parser"
 	"github.com/ollama/ollama/progress"
 	"github.com/ollama/ollama/readline"
-	"github.com/ollama/ollama/runner"
 	"github.com/ollama/ollama/server"
 	"github.com/ollama/ollama/types/model"
 	"github.com/ollama/ollama/types/syncmap"
 	"github.com/ollama/ollama/version"
 	xcreate "github.com/ollama/ollama/x/create"
 	xcreateclient "github.com/ollama/ollama/x/create/client"
+	"github.com/ollama/ollama/x/mlxrunner"
 )
 
 func init() {
@@ -2557,12 +2557,12 @@ func NewCLI() *cobra.Command {
 		Use:    "runner",
 		Hidden: true,
 		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-			return runner.Execute(os.Args[1:])
+			return mlxrunner.Execute(os.Args[2:])
 		},
 		FParseErrWhitelist: cobra.FParseErrWhitelist{UnknownFlags: true},
 	}
 	runnerCmd.SetHelpFunc(func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
-		_ = runner.Execute(args[1:])
+		_ = mlxrunner.Execute([]string{"--help"})
 	})
 
 	var gpuDiscoverLibDirs []string
diff --git a/cmd/runner/main.go b/cmd/runner/main.go
deleted file mode 100644
index fbfafc7ff..000000000
--- a/cmd/runner/main.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-package main
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	"os"
-
-	"github.com/ollama/ollama/runner"
-)
-
-func main() {
-	if err := runner.Execute(os.Args[1:]); err != nil {
-		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "error: %s\n", err)
-		os.Exit(1)
-	}
-}
diff --git a/runner/README.md b/runner/README.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 3ef37296f..000000000
--- a/runner/README.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-# `runner`
-
-> Note: this is a work in progress
-
-A minimal runner for loading a model and running inference via a http web server.
-
-```shell
-./runner -model <model binary>
-```
-
-### Completion
-
-```shell
-curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"prompt": "hi"}' http://localhost:8080/completion
-```
-
-### Embeddings
-
-```shell
-curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"prompt": "turn me into an embedding"}' http://localhost:8080/embedding
-```
diff --git a/runner/runner.go b/runner/runner.go
deleted file mode 100644
index fec9e1633..000000000
--- a/runner/runner.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-package runner
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-
-	"github.com/ollama/ollama/x/mlxrunner"
-)
-
-func Execute(args []string) error {
-	if args[0] == "runner" {
-		args = args[1:]
-	}
-
-	if len(args) > 0 {
-		switch args[0] {
-		case "--mlx-engine":
-			return mlxrunner.Execute(args[1:])
-		}
-	}
-	return fmt.Errorf("unknown runner engine, expected --mlx-engine")
-}
diff --git a/x/mlxrunner/client.go b/x/mlxrunner/client.go
index 4a6292ac1..081c2708b 100644
--- a/x/mlxrunner/client.go
+++ b/x/mlxrunner/client.go
@@ -340,8 +340,8 @@ func (c *Client) Load(ctx context.Context, systemInfo ml.SystemInfo, gpus []ml.D
 		exe = eval
 	}
 
-	// Spawn subprocess: ollama runner --mlx-engine --model <name> --port <port>
-	cmd := exec.Command(exe, "runner", "--mlx-engine", "--model", c.modelName, "--port", strconv.Itoa(port))
+	// Spawn subprocess: ollama runner --model <name> --port <port>
+	cmd := exec.Command(exe, "runner", "--model", c.modelName, "--port", strconv.Itoa(port))
 	cmd.Env = os.Environ()
 
 	// Set library path environment variable for MLX libraries