diff --git a/llama_toolchain/distribution/datatypes.py b/llama_toolchain/distribution/datatypes.py
index 70f582c1c..4b80c549a 100644
--- a/llama_toolchain/distribution/datatypes.py
+++ b/llama_toolchain/distribution/datatypes.py
@@ -85,11 +85,6 @@ class DistributionSpec(BaseModel):
         description="Provider specifications for each of the APIs provided by this distribution",
     )
 
-    additional_pip_packages: List[str] = Field(
-        default_factory=list,
-        description="Additional pip packages beyond those required by the providers",
-    )
-
 
 @json_schema_type
 class DistributionConfig(BaseModel):
diff --git a/llama_toolchain/distribution/distribution.py b/llama_toolchain/distribution/distribution.py
index 853092f38..f92547ba7 100644
--- a/llama_toolchain/distribution/distribution.py
+++ b/llama_toolchain/distribution/distribution.py
@@ -22,6 +22,14 @@ from .datatypes import (
     ProviderSpec,
 )
 
+# These are the dependencies needed by the distribution server.
+# `llama-toolchain` is automatically installed by the installation script.
+SERVER_DEPENDENCIES = [
+    "fastapi",
+    "python-dotenv",
+    "uvicorn",
+]
+
 
 def distribution_dependencies(distribution: DistributionSpec) -> List[str]:
     # only consider InlineProviderSpecs when calculating dependencies
@@ -30,7 +38,7 @@ def distribution_dependencies(distribution: DistributionSpec) -> List[str]:
         for provider_spec in distribution.provider_specs.values()
         if isinstance(provider_spec, InlineProviderSpec)
         for dep in provider_spec.pip_packages
-    ] + distribution.additional_pip_packages
+    ] + SERVER_DEPENDENCIES
 
 
 def api_endpoints() -> Dict[Api, List[ApiEndpoint]]:
diff --git a/llama_toolchain/distribution/install_distribution.sh b/llama_toolchain/distribution/install_distribution.sh
index 60b128e1a..80727725d 100755
--- a/llama_toolchain/distribution/install_distribution.sh
+++ b/llama_toolchain/distribution/install_distribution.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
 # This source code is licensed under the terms described in the LICENSE file in
 # the root directory of this source tree.
 
+LLAMA_MODELS_DIR=${LLAMA_MODELS_DIR:-}
+LLAMA_TOOLCHAIN_DIR=${LLAMA_TOOLCHAIN_DIR:-}
+
 set -euo pipefail
 
 # Define color codes
diff --git a/llama_toolchain/distribution/registry.py b/llama_toolchain/distribution/registry.py
index b5c617a45..a60b3cd4f 100644
--- a/llama_toolchain/distribution/registry.py
+++ b/llama_toolchain/distribution/registry.py
@@ -10,14 +10,6 @@ from typing import List, Optional
 from .datatypes import Api, DistributionSpec, RemoteProviderSpec
 from .distribution import api_providers
 
-# These are the dependencies needed by the distribution server.
-# `llama-toolchain` is automatically installed by the installation script.
-COMMON_DEPENDENCIES = [
-    "fastapi",
-    "python-dotenv",
-    "uvicorn",
-]
-
 
 def client_module(api: Api) -> str:
     return f"llama_toolchain.{api.value}.client"
@@ -38,22 +30,6 @@ def available_distribution_specs() -> List[DistributionSpec]:
         DistributionSpec(
             spec_id="inline",
             description="Use code from `llama_toolchain` itself to serve all llama stack APIs",
-            additional_pip_packages=(
-                COMMON_DEPENDENCIES
-                # why do we need any of these? they should be completely covered
-                # by the provider dependencies themselves
-                + [
-                    "accelerate",
-                    "blobfile",
-                    "codeshield",
-                    "fairscale",
-                    "pandas",
-                    "Pillow",
-                    "torch",
-                    "transformers",
-                    "fbgemm-gpu==0.8.0",
-                ]
-            ),
             provider_specs={
                 Api.inference: providers[Api.inference]["meta-reference"],
                 Api.safety: providers[Api.safety]["meta-reference"],
@@ -63,13 +39,11 @@ def available_distribution_specs() -> List[DistributionSpec]:
         DistributionSpec(
             spec_id="remote",
             description="Point to remote services for all llama stack APIs",
-            additional_pip_packages=COMMON_DEPENDENCIES,
             provider_specs={x: remote_spec(x) for x in providers},
         ),
         DistributionSpec(
             spec_id="ollama-inline",
             description="Like local-source, but use ollama for running LLM inference",
-            additional_pip_packages=COMMON_DEPENDENCIES,
             provider_specs={
                 Api.inference: providers[Api.inference]["meta-ollama"],
                 Api.safety: providers[Api.safety]["meta-reference"],
diff --git a/llama_toolchain/inference/providers.py b/llama_toolchain/inference/providers.py
index 80428c069..1b1eb05a4 100644
--- a/llama_toolchain/inference/providers.py
+++ b/llama_toolchain/inference/providers.py
@@ -15,7 +15,13 @@ def available_inference_providers() -> List[ProviderSpec]:
             api=Api.inference,
             provider_id="meta-reference",
             pip_packages=[
+                "accelerate",
+                "blobfile",
+                "codeshield",
+                "fairscale",
+                "fbgemm-gpu==0.8.0",
                 "torch",
+                "transformers",
                 "zmq",
             ],
             module="llama_toolchain.inference.meta_reference",