diff --git a/apps/shark_studio/tests/api_test.py b/apps/shark_studio/tests/api_test.py
index d341826b62..203edd0821 100644
--- a/apps/shark_studio/tests/api_test.py
+++ b/apps/shark_studio/tests/api_test.py
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ def test01_LLMSmall(self):
             "TinyPixel/small-llama2",
             hf_auth_token=None,
             device="cpu",
-            external_weights="safetensors",
             precision="fp32",
             quantization="None",
         )