diff --git a/src/main/java/io/github/ollama4j/OllamaAPI.java b/src/main/java/io/github/ollama4j/OllamaAPI.java
index 985eaf0..beed9b4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/github/ollama4j/OllamaAPI.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/github/ollama4j/OllamaAPI.java
@@ -92,10 +92,6 @@ public class OllamaAPI {
     @SuppressWarnings({"FieldMayBeFinal", "FieldCanBeLocal"})
     private int numberOfRetriesForModelPull = 0;
 
-    @Setter
-    @SuppressWarnings({"FieldMayBeFinal", "FieldCanBeLocal"})
-    private int modelKeepAliveTime = 0;
-
     /**
      * Instantiates the Ollama API with default Ollama host: <a
      * href="http://localhost:11434">http://localhost:11434</a>
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/github/ollama4j/models/chat/OllamaChatRequest.java b/src/main/java/io/github/ollama4j/models/chat/OllamaChatRequest.java
index a208ecb..38ec0b3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/github/ollama4j/models/chat/OllamaChatRequest.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/github/ollama4j/models/chat/OllamaChatRequest.java
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 */
 package io.github.ollama4j.models.chat;
 
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;
 import io.github.ollama4j.models.request.OllamaCommonRequest;
 import io.github.ollama4j.tools.Tools;
 import io.github.ollama4j.utils.OllamaRequestBody;
@@ -33,9 +32,6 @@ public class OllamaChatRequest extends OllamaCommonRequest implements OllamaRequ
 
     private boolean think;
 
-    @JsonProperty("keep_alive")
-    private int modelKeepAliveTime;
-
     /**
      * Controls whether tools are automatically executed.
      * <p>
diff --git a/src/test/java/io/github/ollama4j/integrationtests/OllamaAPIIntegrationTest.java b/src/test/java/io/github/ollama4j/integrationtests/OllamaAPIIntegrationTest.java
index 8eaf3fb..e0d66b1 100644
--- a/src/test/java/io/github/ollama4j/integrationtests/OllamaAPIIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/io/github/ollama4j/integrationtests/OllamaAPIIntegrationTest.java
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ class OllamaAPIIntegrationTest {
         // ... (no javadoc needed for private setup logic)
         int requestTimeoutSeconds = 60;
         int numberOfRetriesForModelPull = 5;
-        int modelKeepAliveTime = 0;
 
         try {
             String useExternalOllamaHostEnv = System.getenv("USE_EXTERNAL_OLLAMA_HOST");
@@ -99,7 +98,6 @@ class OllamaAPIIntegrationTest {
                         Integer.parseInt(props.getProperty("REQUEST_TIMEOUT_SECONDS"));
                 numberOfRetriesForModelPull =
                         Integer.parseInt(props.getProperty("NUMBER_RETRIES_FOR_MODEL_PULL"));
-                modelKeepAliveTime = Integer.parseInt(props.getProperty("MODEL_KEEP_ALIVE_TIME"));
             } else {
                 useExternalOllamaHost = Boolean.parseBoolean(useExternalOllamaHostEnv);
                 ollamaHost = ollamaHostEnv;
@@ -136,7 +134,6 @@ class OllamaAPIIntegrationTest {
         }
         api.setRequestTimeoutSeconds(requestTimeoutSeconds);
         api.setNumberOfRetriesForModelPull(numberOfRetriesForModelPull);
-        api.setModelKeepAliveTime(modelKeepAliveTime);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/test/java/io/github/ollama4j/unittests/jackson/TestChatRequestSerialization.java b/src/test/java/io/github/ollama4j/unittests/jackson/TestChatRequestSerialization.java
index e533090..1b1ad9a 100644
--- a/src/test/java/io/github/ollama4j/unittests/jackson/TestChatRequestSerialization.java
+++ b/src/test/java/io/github/ollama4j/unittests/jackson/TestChatRequestSerialization.java
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ public class TestChatRequestSerialization extends AbstractSerializationTest<Olla
         OllamaChatRequest req = builder.withKeepAlive(expectedKeepAlive).build();
         String jsonRequest = serialize(req);
         assertEquals(
-                deserialize(jsonRequest, OllamaChatRequest.class).getKeepAlive(),
-                expectedKeepAlive);
+                expectedKeepAlive,
+                deserialize(jsonRequest, OllamaChatRequest.class).getKeepAlive());
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/resources/test-config.properties b/src/test/resources/test-config.properties
index 0b656cb..62f46dd 100644
--- a/src/test/resources/test-config.properties
+++ b/src/test/resources/test-config.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 USE_EXTERNAL_OLLAMA_HOST=true
 OLLAMA_HOST=http://192.168.29.229:11434/
 REQUEST_TIMEOUT_SECONDS=120
-NUMBER_RETRIES_FOR_MODEL_PULL=3
-MODEL_KEEP_ALIVE_TIME=0
\ No newline at end of file
+NUMBER_RETRIES_FOR_MODEL_PULL=3
\ No newline at end of file