diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-external-provider-module.yml b/.github/workflows/test-external-provider-module.yml
index d61b0dfe9..3b0907b86 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-external-provider-module.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-external-provider-module.yml
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   test-external-providers-from-module:
-    # This workflow is disabled. See https://github.com/meta-llama/llama-stack/pull/2975#issuecomment-3138702984 for details
-    if: false
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
@@ -32,50 +30,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         uses: ./.github/actions/setup-runner
 
-      - name: Install Ramalama
-        shell: bash
-        run: |
-          uv pip install ramalama
-
-      - name: Run Ramalama
-        shell: bash
-        run: |
-          nohup ramalama serve llama3.2:3b-instruct-fp16  > ramalama_server.log 2>&1 &
-      - name: Apply image type to config file
-        run: |
-          yq -i '.image_type = "${{ matrix.image-type }}"' tests/external/ramalama-stack/run.yaml
-          cat tests/external/ramalama-stack/run.yaml
-
       - name: Build distro from config file
         run: |
           USE_COPY_NOT_MOUNT=true LLAMA_STACK_DIR=. uv run llama stack build --config tests/external/ramalama-stack/build.yaml
 
-      - name: Start Llama Stack server in background
-        if: ${{ matrix.image-type }} == 'venv'
-        env:
-          INFERENCE_MODEL: "llama3.2:3b-instruct-fp16"
-          LLAMA_STACK_LOG_FILE: "server.log"
-        run: |
-          # Use the virtual environment created by the build step (name comes from build config)
-          source ramalama-stack-test/bin/activate
-          uv pip list
-          nohup llama stack run tests/external/ramalama-stack/run.yaml --image-type ${{ matrix.image-type }} > server.log 2>&1 &
-
-      - name: Wait for Llama Stack server to be ready
-        run: |
-          for i in {1..30}; do
-            if ! grep -q "successfully connected to Ramalama" server.log; then
-              echo "Waiting for Llama Stack server to load the provider..."
-              sleep 1
-            else
-              echo "Provider loaded"
-              exit 0
-            fi
-          done
-          echo "Provider failed to load"
-          cat server.log
-          exit 1
-
       - name: Upload all logs to artifacts
         if: ${{ always() }}
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@ea165f8d65b6e75b540449e92b4886f43607fa02 # v4.6.2
diff --git a/llama_stack/core/build_conda_env.sh b/llama_stack/core/build_conda_env.sh
index 48ac3a1ab..4084cdb6c 100755
--- a/llama_stack/core/build_conda_env.sh
+++ b/llama_stack/core/build_conda_env.sh
@@ -143,8 +143,17 @@ ensure_conda_env_python310() {
     if [ -n "$external_provider_deps" ]; then
       IFS='#' read -ra parts <<<"$external_provider_deps"
       for part in "${parts[@]}"; do
-        echo "$part"
-        uv pip install "$part"
+        echo "Installing external provider: $part"
+
+        # Create a temporary constraint file to exclude llama-stack
+        cat > /tmp/constraints.txt << 'EOF'
+# Exclude llama-stack to avoid circular dependencies
+llama-stack==0.0.0
+EOF
+
+        # Install the external provider with constraints to exclude llama-stack
+        uv pip install --constraint /tmp/constraints.txt "$part"
+        rm -f /tmp/constraints.txt
       done
     fi
   else
@@ -193,7 +202,12 @@ try:
     module = importlib.import_module(f'$package_name.provider')
     spec = module.get_provider_spec()
     if hasattr(spec, 'pip_packages') and spec.pip_packages:
-        print('\\n'.join(spec.pip_packages))
+        # Filter out llama-stack from pip_packages to avoid circular dependency
+        filtered_packages = [pkg for pkg in spec.pip_packages if not pkg.startswith('llama-stack')]
+        if filtered_packages:
+            print('\\n'.join(filtered_packages))
+        else:
+            print('No non-llama-stack dependencies found', file=sys.stderr)
 except Exception as e:
     print(f'Error getting provider spec for $package_name: {e}', file=sys.stderr)
 " | uv pip install -r -
diff --git a/llama_stack/core/build_container.sh b/llama_stack/core/build_container.sh
index 424b40a9d..b83bd23cb 100755
--- a/llama_stack/core/build_container.sh
+++ b/llama_stack/core/build_container.sh
@@ -199,10 +199,11 @@ if [ -n "$external_provider_deps" ]; then
     read -ra pip_args <<< "$part"
     quoted_deps=$(printf " %q" "${pip_args[@]}")
     add_to_container <<EOF
-RUN uv pip install --no-cache $quoted_deps
-EOF
-    add_to_container <<EOF
-RUN python3 - <<PYTHON | uv pip install --no-cache -r -
+# Create constraint file to exclude llama-stack
+RUN echo "# Exclude llama-stack to avoid circular dependencies" > /tmp/constraints.txt && \\
+    echo "llama-stack==0.0.0" >> /tmp/constraints.txt && \\
+
+RUN python3 - <<PYTHON | uv pip install --no-cache --constraint /tmp/constraints.txt -r -
 import importlib
 import sys
 
@@ -212,10 +213,17 @@ try:
     spec = module.get_provider_spec()
     if hasattr(spec, 'pip_packages') and spec.pip_packages:
         if isinstance(spec.pip_packages, (list, tuple)):
-            print('\n'.join(spec.pip_packages))
+            # Filter out llama-stack from pip_packages to avoid circular dependency
+            filtered_packages = [pkg for pkg in spec.pip_packages if not pkg.startswith('llama-stack')]
+            if filtered_packages:
+                print('\n'.join(filtered_packages))
+            else:
+                print('No additional dependencies needed', file=sys.stderr)
 except Exception as e:
     print(f'Error getting provider spec for {package_name}: {e}', file=sys.stderr)
 PYTHON
+
+RUN rm -f /tmp/constraints.txt
 EOF
   done
 fi
diff --git a/llama_stack/core/build_venv.sh b/llama_stack/core/build_venv.sh
index a2838803f..ab616b30b 100755
--- a/llama_stack/core/build_venv.sh
+++ b/llama_stack/core/build_venv.sh
@@ -146,7 +146,18 @@ run() {
       IFS='#' read -ra parts <<<"$external_provider_deps"
       for part in "${parts[@]}"; do
         echo "$part"
-        uv pip install "$part"
+
+        # Create a temporary constraint file to exclude llama-stack
+        cat > /tmp/constraints.txt << 'EOF'
+# Exclude llama-stack to avoid circular dependencies
+llama-stack==0.0.0
+EOF
+
+        # Install the external provider with constraints to exclude llama-stack
+        uv pip install --constraint /tmp/constraints.txt "$part"
+
+        # Clean up constraint file
+        rm -f /tmp/constraints.txt
       done
     fi
   else
@@ -182,21 +193,42 @@ run() {
     if [ -n "$external_provider_deps" ]; then
       IFS='#' read -ra parts <<<"$external_provider_deps"
       for part in "${parts[@]}"; do
-        echo "Installing external provider module: $part"
-        uv pip install "$part"
-        echo "Getting provider spec for module: $part and installing dependencies"
+        echo "Installing external provider: $part"
+
+        # Create a temporary constraint file to exclude llama-stack
+        cat > /tmp/constraints.txt << 'EOF'
+# Exclude llama-stack to avoid circular dependencies
+llama-stack==0.0.0
+llama-stack-client==0.0.0
+EOF
+
+        # Install the external provider with constraints to exclude llama-stack
+        uv pip install --constraint /tmp/constraints.txt "$part"
+
+        echo "Getting provider spec for module: $part and installing additional dependencies"
         package_name=$(echo "$part" | sed 's/[<>=!].*//')
+
+        # Get additional dependencies from the provider spec (excluding llama-stack)
         python3 -c "
 import importlib
 import sys
+
 try:
     module = importlib.import_module(f'$package_name.provider')
     spec = module.get_provider_spec()
     if hasattr(spec, 'pip_packages') and spec.pip_packages:
-        print('\\n'.join(spec.pip_packages))
+        # Filter out llama-stack from pip_packages to avoid circular dependency
+        filtered_packages = [pkg for pkg in spec.pip_packages if not pkg.startswith('llama-stack')]
+        if filtered_packages:
+            print('\\n'.join(filtered_packages))
+        else:
+            print('No additional dependencies needed', file=sys.stderr)
 except Exception as e:
     print(f'Error getting provider spec for $package_name: {e}', file=sys.stderr)
-" | uv pip install -r -
+" | uv pip install --constraint /tmp/constraints.txt -r -
+
+        # Clean up constraint file
+        rm -f /tmp/constraints.txt
       done
     fi
   fi
diff --git a/tests/external/ramalama-stack/run.yaml b/tests/external/ramalama-stack/run.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 9d1d34df3..000000000
--- a/tests/external/ramalama-stack/run.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-version: 2
-image_name: ramalama
-apis:
-- inference
-providers:
-  inference:
-  - provider_id: ramalama
-    provider_type: remote::ramalama
-    module: ramalama_stack==0.3.0a0
-    config: {}
-server:
-  port: 8321