diff --git a/server/sched.go b/server/sched.go
index b4600dbf7..091833c7c 100644
--- a/server/sched.go
+++ b/server/sched.go
@@ -194,11 +194,6 @@ func (s *Scheduler) processPending(ctx context.Context) {
 						break
 					}
 
-					// Embedding models should always be loaded with parallel=1
-					if pending.model.CheckCapabilities(CapabilityCompletion) != nil {
-						numParallel = 1
-					}
-
 					// Evaluate if the model will fit in the available system memory, or if we should unload a model first
 					if len(gpus) == 1 && gpus[0].Library == "cpu" {
 						// simplifying assumption of defaultParallel when in CPU mode