diff --git a/models/merlinite-7b/model.json b/models/merlinite-7b/model.json
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-{
-    "sources": [
-      {
-        "filename": "merlinite-7b-Q4_K_M.gguf",
-        "url": "https://huggingface.co/ibm/merlinite-7b-GGUF/resolve/main/merlinite-7b-Q4_K_M.gguf"
-      }
-    ],
-    "id": "merlinite-7b",
-    "object": "model",
-    "name": "Merlinite 7B Q4",
-    "version": "1.0",
-    "description": "",
-    "format": "gguf",
-    "settings": {
-      "ctx_len": 4096,
-      "prompt_template": "<|system|>\n{system_message}\n<|user|>\n{prompt}\n<|assistant|>\n",
-      "llama_model_path": "merlinite-7b-Q4_K_M.gguf"
-    },
-    "parameters": {
-      "temperature": 0.7,
-      "top_p": 0.95,
-      "stream": true,
-      "max_tokens": 4096,
-      "stop": [],
-      "frequency_penalty": 0,
-      "presence_penalty": 0
-    },
-    "metadata": {
-      "author": "IBM",
-      "tags": ["7B", "Finetuned"],
-      "size": 4370000000
-    },
-    "engine": "nitro"
-  }
-  
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