diff --git a/src/llmcompressor/transformers/sparsification/sparse_model.py b/src/llmcompressor/transformers/sparsification/sparse_model.py
index 3af7d2b4d..4153ec4f4 100644
--- a/src/llmcompressor/transformers/sparsification/sparse_model.py
+++ b/src/llmcompressor/transformers/sparsification/sparse_model.py
@@ -14,14 +14,10 @@
 from torch.nn import Module
 from transformers import AutoModelForCausalLM, PreTrainedModel
 
-from llmcompressor.pytorch.model_load.helpers import initialize_recipe
 from llmcompressor.transformers.sparsification.compressed_tensors_utils import (
     modify_save_pretrained,
 )
-from llmcompressor.transformers.utils.helpers import (
-    download_model_directory,
-    resolve_recipe,
-)
+from llmcompressor.transformers.utils.helpers import download_model_directory
 
 __all__ = ["SparseAutoModel", "SparseAutoModelForCausalLM", "get_shared_tokenizer_src"]
 
@@ -143,10 +139,6 @@ def skip(*args, **kwargs):
                     model_path=pretrained_model_name_or_path, model=model
                 )
 
-        recipe = resolve_recipe(recipe=recipe, model_path=pretrained_model_name_or_path)
-        if recipe:
-            initialize_recipe(model=model, recipe_path=recipe)
-
         return model