diff --git a/tools/ui/src/lib/components/app/models/ModelsManager/ModelsManagerModelsTable.svelte b/tools/ui/src/lib/components/app/models/ModelsManager/ModelsManagerModelsTable.svelte
index 2a3c2206b2..ae4d7f1841 100644
--- a/tools/ui/src/lib/components/app/models/ModelsManager/ModelsManagerModelsTable.svelte
+++ b/tools/ui/src/lib/components/app/models/ModelsManager/ModelsManagerModelsTable.svelte
@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@
 		hasActiveFilters,
 		modelContextLength,
 		type ModelQuantGroup,
-		type ModelsTableGroup,
-		statusRank
+		type ModelsTableGroup
 	} from './utils';
 	import {
 		ArrowDown,
@@ -155,10 +154,6 @@
 				return (modelContextLength(a) ?? 0) - (modelContextLength(b) ?? 0);
 			case ModelsTableSortKey.NAME:
 				return a.model.localeCompare(b.model);
-			case ModelsTableSortKey.STATUS:
-				// a running model leads, then one that is being worked on (loading,
-				// sleeping), then the rest; the reported status sorts the row's own cell
-				return statusRank(b) - statusRank(a);
 			default:
 				return 0;
 		}
@@ -357,9 +352,7 @@
 			{@render sortHeader(ModelsTableSortKey.CONTEXT, 'Context')}
 		</span>
 
-		<span class="justify-self-center max-md:hidden">
-			{@render sortHeader(ModelsTableSortKey.STATUS, 'Status')}
-		</span>
+		<span class="justify-self-center max-md:hidden">Status</span>
 
 		<span class="text-center max-md:hidden">Actions</span>
 	</div>
diff --git a/tools/ui/src/lib/components/app/models/ModelsManager/utils.ts b/tools/ui/src/lib/components/app/models/ModelsManager/utils.ts
index 3721ceca10..2083436649 100644
--- a/tools/ui/src/lib/components/app/models/ModelsManager/utils.ts
+++ b/tools/ui/src/lib/components/app/models/ModelsManager/utils.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,5 @@
 import { LOCAL_BACKEND_ID, type ModalityKey } from '$lib/constants';
-import {
-	ModelCapability,
-	ModelGroupKind,
-	ModelsTableGroupKind,
-	ServerModelStatus
-} from '$lib/enums';
+import { ModelCapability, ModelGroupKind, ModelsTableGroupKind } from '$lib/enums';
 import { HuggingFaceService, ModelsService } from '$lib/services';
 import { modelsStore } from '$lib/stores';
 import type { ModelDownloadEntry, ModelDownloadProgress, ModelOption } from '$lib/types/models';
@@ -27,20 +22,6 @@ export function hasActiveFilters(
 	return contextLimit > 0 || modalities.length > 0 || capabilities.length > 0;
 }
 
-/**
- * Order a status sorts behind: loaded first, then a model being worked on
- * (loading, sleeping), then the rest.
- */
-export function statusRank(option: ModelOption): number {
-	const status = modelsStore.getModelStatus(option.model);
-
-	if (modelsStore.isModelRunning(option.model)) return 2;
-
-	if (status === ServerModelStatus.LOADING || status === ServerModelStatus.SLEEPING) return 1;
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
 /** Byte counts of a tracked download: live while it runs, frozen while paused. */
 export function downloadProgressFor(repoWithTag: string): ModelDownloadProgress | null {
 	return (
diff --git a/tools/ui/src/lib/enums/model.enums.ts b/tools/ui/src/lib/enums/model.enums.ts
index 8e912129f2..e707fe169e 100644
--- a/tools/ui/src/lib/enums/model.enums.ts
+++ b/tools/ui/src/lib/enums/model.enums.ts
@@ -80,6 +80,5 @@ export enum ModelRowDownloadState {
 /** Column the models manager table can be ordered by. */
 export enum ModelsTableSortKey {
 	CONTEXT = 'context',
-	NAME = 'name',
-	STATUS = 'status'
+	NAME = 'name'
 }