diff --git a/invokeai/app/services/config/config_default.py b/invokeai/app/services/config/config_default.py
index e19cee19bb..9927aa3c0d 100644
--- a/invokeai/app/services/config/config_default.py
+++ b/invokeai/app/services/config/config_default.py
@@ -82,7 +82,6 @@ class InvokeAIAppConfig(BaseSettings):
         ssl_keyfile: SSL key file for HTTPS. See https://www.uvicorn.org/settings/#https.
         log_tokenization: Enable logging of parsed prompt tokens.
         patchmatch: Enable patchmatch inpaint code.
-        ignore_missing_core_models: Ignore missing core models on startup. If `True`, the app will attempt to download missing models on startup.
         autoimport_dir: Path to a directory of models files to be imported on startup.
         models_dir: Path to the models directory.
         convert_cache_dir: Path to the converted models cache directory. When loading a non-diffusers model, it will be converted and store on disk at this location.
@@ -140,7 +139,6 @@ class InvokeAIAppConfig(BaseSettings):
     # MISC FEATURES
     log_tokenization:              bool = Field(default=False,              description="Enable logging of parsed prompt tokens.")
     patchmatch:                    bool = Field(default=True,               description="Enable patchmatch inpaint code.")
-    ignore_missing_core_models:    bool = Field(default=False,              description="Ignore missing core models on startup. If `True`, the app will attempt to download missing models on startup.")
 
     # PATHS
     autoimport_dir:                Path = Field(default=Path("autoimport"), description="Path to a directory of models files to be imported on startup.")
diff --git a/invokeai/frontend/cli/arg_parser.py b/invokeai/frontend/cli/arg_parser.py
index 452cb38246..7db06fddd9 100644
--- a/invokeai/frontend/cli/arg_parser.py
+++ b/invokeai/frontend/cli/arg_parser.py
@@ -9,13 +9,8 @@ If omitted, the app will search for the root directory in the following order:
 - The currently active virtual environment's parent directory
 - `$HOME/invokeai`"""
 
-_ignore_missing_core_models_help = r"""If set, the app will ignore missing core diffusers conversion models.
-These are required to use checkpoint/safetensors models.
-If you only use diffusers models, you can safely enable this."""
-
 _parser = ArgumentParser(description="Invoke Studio", formatter_class=RawTextHelpFormatter)
 _parser.add_argument("--root", type=str, help=_root_help)
-_parser.add_argument("--ignore_missing_core_models", action="store_true", help=_ignore_missing_core_models_help)
 _parser.add_argument("--version", action="version", version=__version__, help="Displays the version and exits.")