diff --git a/apps/server/src/services/llm/ai_service_manager.ts b/apps/server/src/services/llm/ai_service_manager.ts
index a398db0ad..d7bbf4cf7 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/services/llm/ai_service_manager.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/services/llm/ai_service_manager.ts
@@ -154,14 +154,6 @@ export class AIServiceManager implements IAIServiceManager {
         }
     }
 
-    /**
-     * @deprecated Use validateConfiguration() instead
-     */
-    async validateEmbeddingProviders(): Promise<string | null> {
-        log.info('validateEmbeddingProviders is deprecated, use validateConfiguration instead');
-        return this.validateConfiguration();
-    }
-
     /**
      * Ensure manager is initialized before using
      */
@@ -626,7 +618,7 @@ export default {
     },
     // Add validateEmbeddingProviders method
     async validateEmbeddingProviders(): Promise<string | null> {
-        return getInstance().validateEmbeddingProviders();
+        return getInstance().validateConfiguration();
     },
     // Context and index related methods
     getContextExtractor() {
diff --git a/apps/server/src/services/llm/chat/rest_chat_service.ts b/apps/server/src/services/llm/chat/rest_chat_service.ts
index 54064060c..5693184b1 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/services/llm/chat/rest_chat_service.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/services/llm/chat/rest_chat_service.ts
@@ -139,13 +139,8 @@ class RestChatService {
             if (!session && req.method === 'POST') {
                 log.info(`No Chat Note found for ${chatNoteId}, creating a new Chat Note and session`);
 
-                // Create a new Chat Note via the storage service
-                //const chatStorageService = (await import('../../llm/chat_storage_service.js')).default;
-                //const newChat = await chatStorageService.createChat('New Chat');
-
                 // Use the new Chat Note's ID for the session
                 session = SessionsStore.createSession({
-                    //title: newChat.title,
                     chatNoteId: chatNoteId
                 });
 
diff --git a/apps/server/src/services/llm/chat/sessions_store.ts b/apps/server/src/services/llm/chat/sessions_store.ts
index 65715ab23..c16b1af04 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/services/llm/chat/sessions_store.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/services/llm/chat/sessions_store.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 import log from "../../log.js";
 import { LLM_CONSTANTS } from '../constants/provider_constants.js';
 import { SEARCH_CONSTANTS } from '../constants/search_constants.js';
-import { randomString } from "../../utils.js";
 import type { ChatSession, ChatMessage } from '../interfaces/chat_session.js';
 
 // In-memory storage for sessions