diff --git a/aider/coders/base_coder.py b/aider/coders/base_coder.py
index 4884a0eac..555868c31 100755
--- a/aider/coders/base_coder.py
+++ b/aider/coders/base_coder.py
@@ -1830,9 +1830,12 @@ class Coder:
     def remove_reasoning_content(self):
         """Remove reasoning content from the model's response."""
 
-        self.partial_response_content = self.main_model.remove_reasoning_content(
+        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/models.py b/aider/models.py
index 44bec7770..bac846fba 100644
--- a/aider/models.py
+++ b/aider/models.py
@@ -633,26 +633,6 @@ class Model(ModelSettings):
         res = litellm.completion(**kwargs)
         return hash_object, res
 
-    def remove_reasoning_content(self, res, reasoning_tag=None):
-        if not reasoning_tag:
-            reasoning_tag = self.remove_reasoning
-
-        if not reasoning_tag:
-            return res
-
-        # Try to match the complete tag pattern first
-        pattern = f"<{reasoning_tag}>.*?</{reasoning_tag}>"
-        res = re.sub(pattern, "", res, flags=re.DOTALL).strip()
-
-        # If closing tag exists but opening tag might be missing, remove everything before closing
-        # tag
-        closing_tag = f"</{reasoning_tag}>"
-        if closing_tag in res:
-            # Split on the closing tag and keep everything after it
-            parts = res.split(closing_tag, 1)
-            res = parts[1].strip() if len(parts) > 1 else res
-
-        return res
 
     def simple_send_with_retries(self, messages):
         from aider.exceptions import LiteLLMExceptions
@@ -674,7 +654,8 @@ class Model(ModelSettings):
                 if not response or not hasattr(response, "choices") or not response.choices:
                     return None
                 res = response.choices[0].message.content
-                return self.remove_reasoning_content(res)
+                from aider.reasoning_tags import remove_reasoning_content
+                return remove_reasoning_content(res, self.remove_reasoning)
 
             except litellm_ex.exceptions_tuple() as err:
                 ex_info = litellm_ex.get_ex_info(err)
diff --git a/aider/reasoning_tags.py b/aider/reasoning_tags.py
index d7af23e9e..5a8381fb5 100644
--- a/aider/reasoning_tags.py
+++ b/aider/reasoning_tags.py
@@ -11,6 +11,39 @@ REASONING_START = "> Thinking ..."
 REASONING_END = "> ... done thinking.\n\n------"
 
 
+def remove_reasoning_content(res, reasoning_tag=None, model_remove_reasoning=None):
+    """
+    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
+
+    # Try to match the complete tag pattern first
+    pattern = f"<{reasoning_tag}>.*?</{reasoning_tag}>"
+    res = re.sub(pattern, "", res, flags=re.DOTALL).strip()
+
+    # If closing tag exists but opening tag might be missing, remove everything before closing
+    # tag
+    closing_tag = f"</{reasoning_tag}>"
+    if closing_tag in res:
+        # Split on the closing tag and keep everything after it
+        parts = res.split(closing_tag, 1)
+        res = parts[1].strip() if len(parts) > 1 else res
+
+    return res
+
+
 def replace_reasoning_tags(text, tag_name):
     """
     Replace opening and closing reasoning tags with standard formatting.