diff --git a/src/llm/mod.rs b/src/llm/mod.rs
index 77102e32..3b6b01c4 100644
--- a/src/llm/mod.rs
+++ b/src/llm/mod.rs
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ fn create_cheap_provider_for_backend(
 
     let mut cheap_reg_config = reg_config.clone();
     cheap_reg_config.model = cheap_model.to_string();
-    let provider = create_registry_provider(&cheap_reg_config)?;
+    let provider = create_registry_provider(&cheap_reg_config, config.request_timeout_secs)?;
     Ok(Some(provider))
 }
 
diff --git a/src/llm/models.rs b/src/llm/models.rs
index 7022d3cf..daec9df3 100644
--- a/src/llm/models.rs
+++ b/src/llm/models.rs
@@ -345,5 +345,7 @@ pub(crate) fn build_nearai_model_fetch_config() -> crate::config::LlmConfig {
         provider: None,
         bedrock: None,
         request_timeout_secs: 120,
+        cheap_model: None,
+        smart_routing_cascade: false,
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/setup/wizard.rs b/src/setup/wizard.rs
index d2f773d2..23494d12 100644
--- a/src/setup/wizard.rs
+++ b/src/setup/wizard.rs
@@ -3099,60 +3099,6 @@ async fn discover_wasm_channels(dir: &std::path::Path) -> Vec<(String, ChannelCa
 /// Mask an API key for display: show first 6 + last 4 chars.
 ///
 /// Uses char-based indexing to avoid panicking on multi-byte UTF-8.
-/// Build the `LlmConfig` used by `fetch_nearai_models` to list available models.
-///
-/// Reads `NEARAI_API_KEY` from the environment so that users who authenticated
-/// via Cloud API key (option 4) don't get re-prompted during model selection.
-fn build_nearai_model_fetch_config() -> crate::config::LlmConfig {
-    // If the user authenticated via API key (option 4), the key is stored
-    // as an env var. Pass it through so `resolve_bearer_token()` doesn't
-    // re-trigger the interactive auth prompt.
-    let api_key = std::env::var("NEARAI_API_KEY")
-        .ok()
-        .filter(|k| !k.is_empty())
-        .map(secrecy::SecretString::from);
-
-    // Match the same base_url logic as LlmConfig::resolve(): use cloud-api
-    // when an API key is present, private.near.ai for session-token auth.
-    let default_base = if api_key.is_some() {
-        "https://cloud-api.near.ai"
-    } else {
-        "https://private.near.ai"
-    };
-    let base_url = std::env::var("NEARAI_BASE_URL").unwrap_or_else(|_| default_base.to_string());
-    let auth_base_url =
-        std::env::var("NEARAI_AUTH_URL").unwrap_or_else(|_| "https://private.near.ai".to_string());
-
-    crate::config::LlmConfig {
-        backend: "nearai".to_string(),
-        session: crate::llm::session::SessionConfig {
-            auth_base_url,
-            session_path: crate::config::llm::default_session_path(),
-        },
-        nearai: crate::config::NearAiConfig {
-            model: "dummy".to_string(),
-            cheap_model: None,
-            base_url,
-            api_key,
-            fallback_model: None,
-            max_retries: 3,
-            circuit_breaker_threshold: None,
-            circuit_breaker_recovery_secs: 30,
-            response_cache_enabled: false,
-            response_cache_ttl_secs: 3600,
-            response_cache_max_entries: 1000,
-            failover_cooldown_secs: 300,
-            failover_cooldown_threshold: 3,
-            smart_routing_cascade: true,
-        },
-        provider: None,
-        bedrock: None,
-        request_timeout_secs: 120,
-        cheap_model: None,
-        smart_routing_cascade: true,
-    }
-}
-
 fn mask_api_key(key: &str) -> String {
     let chars: Vec<char> = key.chars().collect();
     if chars.len() < 12 {