diff --git a/api/app/clients/PluginsClient.js b/api/app/clients/PluginsClient.js
index 8a19ab4a27..033c122664 100644
--- a/api/app/clients/PluginsClient.js
+++ b/api/app/clients/PluginsClient.js
@@ -31,10 +31,6 @@ class PluginsClient extends OpenAIClient {
 
     super.setOptions(options);
 
-    if (this.functionsAgent && this.agentOptions.model && !this.useOpenRouter && !this.azure) {
-      this.agentOptions.model = this.getFunctionModelName(this.agentOptions.model);
-    }
-
     this.isGpt3 = this.modelOptions?.model?.includes('gpt-3');
 
     if (this.options.reverseProxyUrl) {
diff --git a/api/server/middleware/validateModel.js b/api/server/middleware/validateModel.js
index dc069b4ae3..04aab869ba 100644
--- a/api/server/middleware/validateModel.js
+++ b/api/server/middleware/validateModel.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-const { EModelEndpoint, CacheKeys, ViolationTypes } = require('librechat-data-provider');
+const { CacheKeys, ViolationTypes } = require('librechat-data-provider');
 const { loadModels } = require('~/server/controllers/ModelController');
 const { logViolation, getLogStores } = require('~/cache');
 const { handleError } = require('~/server/utils');
@@ -33,9 +33,6 @@ const validateModel = async (req, res, next) => {
   }
 
   let validModel = !!availableModels.find((availableModel) => availableModel === model);
-  if (endpoint === EModelEndpoint.gptPlugins) {
-    validModel = validModel && availableModels.includes(req.body.agentOptions?.model);
-  }
 
   if (validModel) {
     return next();