diff --git a/aider/coders/base_coder.py b/aider/coders/base_coder.py
index 1b51126ad..d07ea4998 100755
--- a/aider/coders/base_coder.py
+++ b/aider/coders/base_coder.py
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ from aider.models import RETRY_TIMEOUT
 from aider.reasoning_tags import (
     REASONING_TAG,
     format_reasoning_content,
+    remove_reasoning_content,
     replace_reasoning_tags,
 )
 from aider.repo import ANY_GIT_ERROR, GitRepo
@@ -1830,12 +1831,9 @@ class Coder:
     def remove_reasoning_content(self):
         """Remove reasoning content from the model's response."""
 
-        from aider.reasoning_tags import remove_reasoning_content
-
         self.partial_response_content = remove_reasoning_content(
             self.partial_response_content,
             self.reasoning_tag_name,
-            self.main_model.remove_reasoning,
         )
 
     def calculate_and_show_tokens_and_cost(self, messages, completion=None):
diff --git a/aider/reasoning_tags.py b/aider/reasoning_tags.py
index 7d1445f76..137e617ed 100644
--- a/aider/reasoning_tags.py
+++ b/aider/reasoning_tags.py
@@ -11,21 +11,17 @@ REASONING_START = "> Thinking ..."
 REASONING_END = "> ... done thinking.\n\n------"
 
 
-def remove_reasoning_content(res, reasoning_tag=None, model_remove_reasoning=None):
+def remove_reasoning_content(res, reasoning_tag):
     """
     Remove reasoning content from text based on tags.
 
     Args:
         res (str): The text to process
         reasoning_tag (str): The tag name to remove
-        model_remove_reasoning (str): Fallback tag name from model settings
 
     Returns:
         str: Text with reasoning content removed
     """
-    if not reasoning_tag:
-        reasoning_tag = model_remove_reasoning
-
     if not reasoning_tag:
         return res