diff --git a/configs/model_config.py.example b/configs/model_config.py.example
index 1b54e83..1acaf1c 100644
--- a/configs/model_config.py.example
+++ b/configs/model_config.py.example
@@ -7,19 +7,6 @@ logger.setLevel(logging.INFO)
 logging.basicConfig(format=LOG_FORMAT)
 
 
-# 分布式部署时，不运行LLM的机器上可以不装torch
-def default_device():
-    try:
-        import torch
-        if torch.cuda.is_available():
-            return "cuda"
-        if torch.backends.mps.is_available():
-            return "mps"
-    except:
-        pass
-    return "cpu"
-
-
 # 在以下字典中修改属性值，以指定本地embedding模型存储位置
 # 如将 "text2vec": "GanymedeNil/text2vec-large-chinese" 修改为 "text2vec": "User/Downloads/text2vec-large-chinese"
 # 此处请写绝对路径