diff --git a/.github/workflows/backend.yml b/.github/workflows/backend.yml
index 4e7252c6c..66b1c683b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/backend.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/backend.yml
@@ -1452,10 +1452,10 @@ jobs:
       quayUsername: ${{ secrets.LOCALAI_REGISTRY_USERNAME }}
       quayPassword: ${{ secrets.LOCALAI_REGISTRY_PASSWORD }}
   llama-cpp-darwin:
-    runs-on: macOS-14
+    runs-on: macos-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        go-version: ['1.21.x']
+        go-version: ['1.25.x']
     steps:
       - name: Clone
         uses: actions/checkout@v6
@@ -1537,91 +1537,3 @@ jobs:
           for tag in $(echo "${{ steps.quaymeta.outputs.tags }}" | tr ',' '\n'); do
             crane push llama-cpp.tar $tag
           done
-  llama-cpp-darwin-x86:
-    runs-on: macos-13
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        go-version: ['1.21.x']
-    steps:
-      - name: Clone
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
-        with:
-          submodules: true
-      - name: Setup Go ${{ matrix.go-version }}
-        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
-        with:
-          go-version: ${{ matrix.go-version }}
-          cache: false
-      # You can test your matrix by printing the current Go version
-      - name: Display Go version
-        run: go version
-      - name: Dependencies
-        run: |
-          brew install protobuf grpc make protoc-gen-go protoc-gen-go-grpc libomp llvm
-      - name: Build llama-cpp-darwin
-        run: |
-          make protogen-go
-          make build
-          export PLATFORMARCH=darwin/amd64
-          make backends/llama-cpp-darwin
-      - name: Upload llama-cpp.tar
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v6
-        with:
-          name: llama-cpp-tar-x86
-          path: backend-images/llama-cpp.tar
-  llama-cpp-darwin-x86-publish:
-    if: github.event_name != 'pull_request'
-    needs: llama-cpp-darwin-x86
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Download llama-cpp.tar
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v7
-        with:
-          name: llama-cpp-tar-x86
-          path: .
-      - name: Install crane
-        run: |
-          curl -L https://github.com/google/go-containerregistry/releases/latest/download/go-containerregistry_Linux_x86_64.tar.gz | tar -xz
-          sudo mv crane /usr/local/bin/
-      - name: Log in to DockerHub
-        run: |
-          echo "${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_PASSWORD }}" | crane auth login docker.io -u "${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}" --password-stdin
-      - name: Log in to quay.io
-        run: |
-          echo "${{ secrets.LOCALAI_REGISTRY_PASSWORD }}" | crane auth login quay.io -u "${{ secrets.LOCALAI_REGISTRY_USERNAME }}" --password-stdin
-      - name: Docker meta
-        id: meta
-        uses: docker/metadata-action@v5
-        with:
-          images: |
-            localai/localai-backends
-          tags: |
-            type=ref,event=branch
-            type=semver,pattern={{raw}}
-            type=sha
-          flavor: |
-            latest=auto
-            suffix=-darwin-x86-llama-cpp,onlatest=true
-      - name: Docker meta
-        id: quaymeta
-        uses: docker/metadata-action@v5
-        with:
-          images: |
-            quay.io/go-skynet/local-ai-backends
-          tags: |
-            type=ref,event=branch
-            type=semver,pattern={{raw}}
-            type=sha
-          flavor: |
-            latest=auto
-            suffix=-darwin-x86-llama-cpp,onlatest=true
-      - name: Push Docker image (DockerHub)
-        run: |
-          for tag in $(echo "${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }}" | tr ',' '\n'); do
-            crane push llama-cpp.tar $tag
-          done
-      - name: Push Docker image (Quay)
-        run: |
-          for tag in $(echo "${{ steps.quaymeta.outputs.tags }}" | tr ',' '\n'); do
-            crane push llama-cpp.tar $tag
-          done
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 42ce16ed2..5efdd28ef 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ jobs:
           limit-access-to-actor: true
 
   tests-apple:
-    runs-on: macOS-14
+    runs-on: macos-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
         go-version: ['1.25.x']
diff --git a/.goreleaser.yaml b/.goreleaser.yaml
index b2e101f61..5c5bf9987 100644
--- a/.goreleaser.yaml
+++ b/.goreleaser.yaml
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ builds:
     goarch:
       - amd64
       - arm64
+    ignore:
+      - goos: darwin
+        goarch: amd64
 archives:
   - formats: [ 'binary' ] # this removes the tar of the archives, leaving the binaries alone
     name_template: local-ai-{{ .Tag }}-{{ .Os }}-{{ .Arch }}{{ if .Arm }}v{{ .Arm }}{{ end }}
diff --git a/backend/index.yaml b/backend/index.yaml
index 8b7219c18..a383a15fd 100644
--- a/backend/index.yaml
+++ b/backend/index.yaml
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
     metal: "metal-llama-cpp"
     vulkan: "vulkan-llama-cpp"
     nvidia-l4t: "nvidia-l4t-arm64-llama-cpp"
-    darwin-x86: "darwin-x86-llama-cpp"
     nvidia-cuda-13: "cuda13-llama-cpp"
     nvidia-cuda-12: "cuda12-llama-cpp"
     nvidia-l4t-cuda-12: "nvidia-l4t-arm64-llama-cpp"
@@ -85,7 +84,6 @@
     nvidia-cuda-12: "cuda12-stablediffusion-ggml"
     nvidia-l4t-cuda-12: "nvidia-l4t-arm64-stablediffusion-ggml"
     nvidia-l4t-cuda-13: "cuda13-nvidia-l4t-arm64-stablediffusion-ggml"
-    # darwin-x86: "darwin-x86-stablediffusion-ggml"
 - &rfdetr
   name: "rfdetr"
   alias: "rfdetr"
@@ -606,16 +604,6 @@
   mirrors:
     - localai/localai-backends:master-piper
 ## llama-cpp
-- !!merge <<: *llamacpp
-  name: "darwin-x86-llama-cpp"
-  uri: "quay.io/go-skynet/local-ai-backends:latest-darwin-x86-llama-cpp"
-  mirrors:
-    - localai/localai-backends:latest-darwin-x86-llama-cpp
-- !!merge <<: *llamacpp
-  name: "darwin-x86-llama-cpp-development"
-  uri: "quay.io/go-skynet/local-ai-backends:master-darwin-x86-llama-cpp"
-  mirrors:
-    - localai/localai-backends:master-darwin-x86-llama-cpp
 - !!merge <<: *llamacpp
   name: "nvidia-l4t-arm64-llama-cpp"
   uri: "quay.io/go-skynet/local-ai-backends:latest-nvidia-l4t-arm64-llama-cpp"
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 63fa809d8..2071c7f70 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/Masterminds/sprig/v3 v3.3.0
 	github.com/alecthomas/kong v1.13.0
 	github.com/charmbracelet/glamour v0.10.0
+	github.com/cloudfoundry/gosigar v1.3.112
 	github.com/containerd/containerd v1.7.29
 	github.com/ebitengine/purego v0.9.1
 	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.9.0
@@ -56,18 +57,17 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric v1.39.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric v1.39.0
 	google.golang.org/grpc v1.77.0
+	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.10
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1
 	oras.land/oras-go/v2 v2.6.0
 )
 
 require (
-	github.com/cloudfoundry/gosigar v1.3.112 // indirect
 	github.com/ghodss/yaml v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/labstack/gommon v0.4.2 // indirect
 	github.com/swaggo/files/v2 v2.0.2 // indirect
 	github.com/valyala/fasttemplate v1.2.2 // indirect
-	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.10 // indirect
 )
 
 require (
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 5fe1d6061..225a6dffd 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -275,8 +275,6 @@ github.com/google/jsonschema-go v0.3.0 h1:6AH2TxVNtk3IlvkkhjrtbUc4S8AvO0Xii0DxIy
 github.com/google/jsonschema-go v0.3.0/go.mod h1:r5quNTdLOYEz95Ru18zA0ydNbBuYoo9tgaYcxEYhJVE=
 github.com/google/martian v2.1.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:9I4somxYTbIHy5NJKHRl3wXiIaQGbYVAs8BPL6v8lEs=
 github.com/google/pprof v0.0.0-20181206194817-3ea8567a2e57/go.mod h1:zfwlbNMJ+OItoe0UupaVj+oy1omPYYDuagoSzA8v9mc=
-github.com/google/pprof v0.0.0-20250403155104-27863c87afa6 h1:BHT72Gu3keYf3ZEu2J0b1vyeLSOYI8bm5wbJM/8yDe8=
-github.com/google/pprof v0.0.0-20250403155104-27863c87afa6/go.mod h1:boTsfXsheKC2y+lKOCMpSfarhxDeIzfZG1jqGcPl3cA=
 github.com/google/pprof v0.0.0-20250630185457-6e76a2b096b5 h1:xhMrHhTJ6zxu3gA4enFM9MLn9AY7613teCdFnlUVbSQ=
 github.com/google/pprof v0.0.0-20250630185457-6e76a2b096b5/go.mod h1:5hDyRhoBCxViHszMt12TnOpEI4VVi+U8Gm9iphldiMA=
 github.com/google/renameio v0.1.0/go.mod h1:KWCgfxg9yswjAJkECMjeO8J8rahYeXnNhOm40UhjYkI=