diff --git a/datastew/embedding.py b/datastew/embedding.py
index 6724021..28eb4ec 100644
--- a/datastew/embedding.py
+++ b/datastew/embedding.py
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
 import concurrent.futures
 import logging
-import os
 from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
 from typing import List, Sequence
 
 import openai
-import torch
 from openai.error import OpenAIError
 from sentence_transformers import SentenceTransformer
 
@@ -124,19 +122,7 @@ def __init__(self, model_name="sentence-transformers/all-mpnet-base-v2", num_thr
         :param num_threads: The number of CPU threads for inference.
         """
         super().__init__(model_name)
-        device, available_threads = self._initialize_device(num_threads)
-        self.model = SentenceTransformer(model_name).to(device)
-
-        if device == "cpu":
-            torch.set_num_threads(available_threads)
-            logging.info(
-                f"MPNet model '{model_name} initialized on CPU  with {available_threads} threads."
-            )
-        elif device == "cuda":
-            logging.info(
-                f"MPNet model '{model_name}' initialized on GPU. GPU thread management is handled automatically."
-            )
-            
+        self.model = SentenceTransformer(model_name)
 
     def get_embedding(self, text: str) -> Sequence[float]:
         """Retrieve an embedding for a single text input using MPnet.
@@ -170,28 +156,6 @@ def get_embeddings(self, messages: List[str], batch_size: int = 64) -> Sequence[
         except Exception as e:
             logging.error(f"Failed processing messages: {e}")
             return []
-    
-    def _initialize_device(self, num_threads: int) -> tuple[str, int]:
-        """Determine the appropriate device (CPU or GPU) and set the thread count.
-        
-        :param num_threads: The requested number of threads for inference.
-        :return: A tuple containing the selected device ("cuda" or "cpu") and the final number of threads to use.
-        :raise RuntimeError: If CPU core count cannot be determined when no GPU is available.
-        """
-        if torch.cuda.is_available():
-            return "cuda", num_threads # num_threads does not affect GPU operations
-        
-        # Fallback to CPU
-        cpu_count = os.cpu_count()
-        if cpu_count is None:
-            raise RuntimeError("Unable to determine the number of CPU cores.")
-        
-        threads = min(num_threads, cpu_count)
-        if num_threads > cpu_count:
-            logging.warning(
-                f"Requested {num_threads} threads, but only {cpu_count} CPU cores available. Using {cpu_count} threads."
-            )
-        return "cpu", threads
 
 
 class TextEmbedding: