diff --git a/example.env b/example.env
index d9abeb04..ba8a027e 100644
--- a/example.env
+++ b/example.env
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 LLM_API_KEY=sk-xxxx
 LLM_BASE_URL=https://xxxx/v1
 LLM_MODEL_NAME=xxxx
-LLM_FORMATTER_BACKEND=XXX
 LLM_BACKEND=XXX
 #EMBEDDING_API_KEY=sk-xxxx
 #EMBEDDING_BASE_URL=https://xxxx/v1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/reme4/config/default.yaml b/reme4/config/default.yaml
index 578730dd..dd9bc653 100644
--- a/reme4/config/default.yaml
+++ b/reme4/config/default.yaml
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ components:
 
   as_llm_formatter:
     default:
-      backend: ${LLM_FORMATTER_BACKEND:-anthropic}
+      backend: ${LLM_BACKEND:-anthropic}
 
   file_graph:
     default: