diff --git a/strix/config/models.py b/strix/config/models.py
index 15fa2546..babb643f 100644
--- a/strix/config/models.py
+++ b/strix/config/models.py
@@ -562,7 +562,6 @@ DEFAULT_MODEL_RETRY = ModelRetrySettings(
 )
 
 RECOMMENDED_MODEL_NAMES = (
-    "openrouter/z-ai/glm-5.3",
     "zai/glm-5.3",
     "zai/glm-5.3-flash",
     "openai/gpt-5.6-sol",