diff --git a/docs/source/distributions/self_hosted_distro/nvidia.md b/docs/source/distributions/self_hosted_distro/nvidia.md
index 4407de779..a5bbbfdee 100644
--- a/docs/source/distributions/self_hosted_distro/nvidia.md
+++ b/docs/source/distributions/self_hosted_distro/nvidia.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ The `llamastack/distribution-nvidia` distribution consists of the following prov
 | API | Provider(s) |
 |-----|-------------|
 | agents | `inline::meta-reference` |
-| datasetio | `inline::localfs` |
+| datasetio | `inline::localfs`, `remote::nvidia` |
 | eval | `remote::nvidia` |
 | inference | `remote::nvidia` |
 | post_training | `remote::nvidia` |
diff --git a/llama_stack/templates/dependencies.json b/llama_stack/templates/dependencies.json
index 5f2934ebe..1f25dda14 100644
--- a/llama_stack/templates/dependencies.json
+++ b/llama_stack/templates/dependencies.json
@@ -395,7 +395,6 @@
     "blobfile",
     "chardet",
     "datasets",
-    "emoji",
     "faiss-cpu",
     "fastapi",
     "fire",
diff --git a/llama_stack/templates/nvidia/nvidia.py b/llama_stack/templates/nvidia/nvidia.py
index c393a292c..bfd004037 100644
--- a/llama_stack/templates/nvidia/nvidia.py
+++ b/llama_stack/templates/nvidia/nvidia.py
@@ -39,6 +39,11 @@ def get_distribution_template() -> DistributionTemplate:
         provider_type="remote::nvidia",
         config=NVIDIASafetyConfig.sample_run_config(),
     )
+    datasetio_provider = Provider(
+        provider_id="nvidia",
+        provider_type="remote::nvidia",
+        config=NvidiaDatasetIOConfig.sample_run_config(),
+    )
     eval_provider = Provider(
         provider_id="nvidia",
         provider_type="remote::nvidia",
diff --git a/llama_stack/templates/nvidia/run.yaml b/llama_stack/templates/nvidia/run.yaml
index b55aacd64..b068e7f1e 100644
--- a/llama_stack/templates/nvidia/run.yaml
+++ b/llama_stack/templates/nvidia/run.yaml
@@ -62,13 +62,6 @@ providers:
       project_id: ${env.NVIDIA_PROJECT_ID:test-project}
       customizer_url: ${env.NVIDIA_CUSTOMIZER_URL:http://nemo.test}
   datasetio:
-  - provider_id: localfs
-    provider_type: inline::localfs
-    config:
-      kvstore:
-        type: sqlite
-        namespace: null
-        db_path: ${env.SQLITE_STORE_DIR:~/.llama/distributions/nvidia}/localfs_datasetio.db
   - provider_id: nvidia
     provider_type: remote::nvidia
     config: