diff --git a/llama_stack/providers/registry/eval.py b/llama_stack/providers/registry/eval.py
index c9c29bbe0..f8b20193a 100644
--- a/llama_stack/providers/registry/eval.py
+++ b/llama_stack/providers/registry/eval.py
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ def available_providers() -> list[ProviderSpec]:
         InlineProviderSpec(
             api=Api.eval,
             provider_type="inline::meta-reference",
-            pip_packages=["tree_sitter", "pythainlp", "langdetect", "emoji", "nltk"],
+            #pip_packages=["tree_sitter", "pythainlp", "langdetect", "emoji", "nltk"],
+            pip_packages=[],
             module="llama_stack.providers.inline.eval.meta_reference",
             config_class="llama_stack.providers.inline.eval.meta_reference.MetaReferenceEvalConfig",
             api_dependencies=[