diff --git a/runner/ollamarunner/runner.go b/runner/ollamarunner/runner.go
index b39d747f8..6b4c7be07 100644
--- a/runner/ollamarunner/runner.go
+++ b/runner/ollamarunner/runner.go
@@ -575,23 +575,11 @@ func (s *Server) completion(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	sampler, err := sample.NewSampler(
-		req.Temperature,
-		req.TopK,
-		req.TopP,
-		req.MinP,
-		req.Seed,
-	)
-	if err != nil {
-		http.Error(w, fmt.Sprintf("Failed to create sampler: %v", err), http.StatusInternalServerError)
-		return
-	}
-
 	seq, err := s.NewSequence(req.Prompt, req.Images, NewSequenceParams{
 		numPredict: req.NumPredict,
 		stop:       req.Stop,
 		numKeep:    int32(req.NumKeep),
-		sampler:    sampler,
+		sampler:    sample.Greedy(), // TODO: add support for different samplers when performance is optimized
 		embedding:  false,
 	})
 	if err != nil {