diff --git a/tools/server/server-models.cpp b/tools/server/server-models.cpp
index c83709272f..c4ef62d2ea 100644
--- a/tools/server/server-models.cpp
+++ b/tools/server/server-models.cpp
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ static void unset_reserved_args(common_preset & preset, bool unset_model_args) {
     if (unset_model_args) {
         preset.unset_option("LLAMA_ARG_MODEL");
         preset.unset_option("LLAMA_ARG_MMPROJ");
+        preset.unset_option("LLAMA_ARG_ALIAS");
         preset.unset_option("LLAMA_ARG_HF_REPO");
     }
 }