diff --git a/webview-ui/src/components/settings/ApiOptions.tsx b/webview-ui/src/components/settings/ApiOptions.tsx
index 6c27c5a19c..d7880f949a 100644
--- a/webview-ui/src/components/settings/ApiOptions.tsx
+++ b/webview-ui/src/components/settings/ApiOptions.tsx
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ const ApiOptions = ({ apiErrorMessage, modelIdErrorMessage }: ApiOptionsProps) =
 	const [azureApiVersionSelected, setAzureApiVersionSelected] = useState(!!apiConfiguration?.azureApiVersion)
 	const [openRouterBaseUrlSelected, setOpenRouterBaseUrlSelected] = useState(!!apiConfiguration?.openRouterBaseUrl)
 	const [isDescriptionExpanded, setIsDescriptionExpanded] = useState(false)
-	const [unboundModels, setUnboundModels] = useState<Record<string, ModelInfo>>({})
 
 	const { selectedProvider, selectedModelId, selectedModelInfo } = useMemo(() => {
 		return normalizeApiConfiguration(apiConfiguration)
@@ -91,8 +90,6 @@ const ApiOptions = ({ apiErrorMessage, modelIdErrorMessage }: ApiOptionsProps) =
 			setLmStudioModels(message.lmStudioModels)
 		} else if (message.type === "vsCodeLmModels" && message.vsCodeLmModels) {
 			setVsCodeLmModels(message.vsCodeLmModels)
-		} else if (message.type === "unboundModels" && message.unboundModels) {
-			setUnboundModels(message.unboundModels)
 		}
 	}, [])
 	useEvent("message", handleMessage)
diff --git a/webview-ui/src/components/settings/UnboundModelPicker.tsx b/webview-ui/src/components/settings/UnboundModelPicker.tsx
index 46489c0af6..5cb9045cb0 100644
--- a/webview-ui/src/components/settings/UnboundModelPicker.tsx
+++ b/webview-ui/src/components/settings/UnboundModelPicker.tsx
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ const UnboundModelPicker: React.FC = () => {
 		if (apiConfiguration?.unboundApiKey) {
 			debouncedRefreshModels()
 		}
-	}, [apiConfiguration?.unboundApiKey])
+	}, [apiConfiguration?.unboundApiKey, debouncedRefreshModels])
 
 	useEffect(() => {
 		const handleClickOutside = (event: MouseEvent) => {