diff --git a/backends/exllamav2/version.py b/backends/exllamav2/version.py
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--- a/backends/exllamav2/version.py
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@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-import platform
-from packaging import version
-from importlib.metadata import version as package_version
-from loguru import logger
-from common.optional_dependencies import dependencies
-
-
-def check_exllama_version():
-    """Verifies the exllama version"""
-
-    install_message = (
-        "Please update your environment by running an update script "
-        "(update_scripts/"
-        f"update_deps.{'bat' if platform.system() == 'Windows' else 'sh'})\n\n"
-        "Or you can manually run a requirements update "
-        "using the following command:\n\n"
-        "For CUDA 12.1:\n"
-        "pip install --upgrade .[cu121]\n\n"
-        "For ROCm:\n"
-        "pip install --upgrade .[amd]\n\n"
-    )
-
-    if not dependencies.exllamav2:
-        raise SystemExit(("Exllamav2 is not installed.\n" + install_message))
-
-    required_version = version.parse("0.2.8")
-    current_version = version.parse(package_version("exllamav2").split("+")[0])
-
-    unsupported_message = (
-        f"ERROR: TabbyAPI requires ExLlamaV2 {required_version} "
-        f"or greater. Your current version is {current_version}.\n" + install_message
-    )
-
-    if current_version < required_version:
-        raise SystemExit(unsupported_message)
-    else:
-        logger.info(f"ExllamaV2 version: {current_version}")