diff --git a/features/platform-assistant/ml-service/pyproject.toml b/features/platform-assistant/ml-service/pyproject.toml
index 3924f656e..eb980106a 100644
--- a/features/platform-assistant/ml-service/pyproject.toml
+++ b/features/platform-assistant/ml-service/pyproject.toml
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ dependencies = [
     "pyyaml>=6.0",
     # Structured logging
     "structlog>=24.0.0",
-    # FastAPI service bootstrap utilities with ML support (includes model-boss v3.0+)
-    "lilith-service-fastapi-bootstrap[ml]>=4.0.0",
-    # ML micro-packages
+    # FastAPI service bootstrap utilities (no ML extras — inference via llama-http)
+    "lilith-service-fastapi-bootstrap>=4.0.0",
+    # ML micro-packages (prompt/filter only — no model loading)
     "lilith-ml-safety-filter>=0.1.0",
     "lilith-ml-context-manager>=0.1.0",
 ]