From 5bdf57327d4e55648f914b643f97695105fadcc7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Yuwen Hu <54161268+Oscilloscope98@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2025 18:29:00 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] Remove ipex import in fastchat loader (#12984)

---
 python/llm/src/ipex_llm/transformers/loader.py | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/python/llm/src/ipex_llm/transformers/loader.py b/python/llm/src/ipex_llm/transformers/loader.py
index 59a354df..02adffd3 100644
--- a/python/llm/src/ipex_llm/transformers/loader.py
+++ b/python/llm/src/ipex_llm/transformers/loader.py
@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@ def load_model(
         model = model.eval()
 
     if device == "xpu":
-        import intel_extension_for_pytorch as ipex
         print("Convert model to half precision...")
         model = model.half()
         model = model.to('xpu')