diff --git a/llama_stack/providers/inline/inference/meta_reference/config.py b/llama_stack/providers/inline/inference/meta_reference/config.py
index 9556b026a..961548f9c 100644
--- a/llama_stack/providers/inline/inference/meta_reference/config.py
+++ b/llama_stack/providers/inline/inference/meta_reference/config.py
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ class MetaReferenceInferenceConfig(BaseModel):
     def validate_model(cls, model: str) -> str:
         permitted_models = supported_inference_models()
         descriptors = [m.descriptor() for m in permitted_models]
-        repos = [m.huggingface_repo for m in permitted_models]
+        repos = [m.huggingface_repo for m in permitted_models if m.huggingface_repo is not None]
         if model not in (descriptors + repos):
             model_list = "\n\t".join(repos)
             raise ValueError(f"Unknown model: `{model}`. Choose from [\n\t{model_list}\n]")
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 4a37f8c56..bab494be2 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -248,7 +248,6 @@ exclude = [
     "^llama_stack/providers/inline/agents/meta_reference/agents\\.py$",
     "^llama_stack/providers/inline/datasetio/localfs/",
     "^llama_stack/providers/inline/eval/meta_reference/eval\\.py$",
-    "^llama_stack/providers/inline/inference/meta_reference/config\\.py$",
     "^llama_stack/providers/inline/inference/meta_reference/inference\\.py$",
     "^llama_stack/models/llama/llama3/generation\\.py$",
     "^llama_stack/models/llama/llama3/multimodal/model\\.py$",