diff --git a/examples/models/llama/export_llama_lib.py b/examples/models/llama/export_llama_lib.py
index 0a4ecb73199..c1e69a47d3d 100644
--- a/examples/models/llama/export_llama_lib.py
+++ b/examples/models/llama/export_llama_lib.py
@@ -1226,11 +1226,6 @@ def _load_llama_model(
         EagerModelFactory.create_model(
             module_name,
             model_class_name,
-            checkpoint=checkpoint,
-            checkpoint_dir=checkpoint_dir,
-            params=params_path,
-            fairseq2=weight_type == WeightType.FAIRSEQ2,
-            dtype=torch_dtype,
             llm_config=llm_config,
         )
     )
diff --git a/examples/models/llama/model.py b/examples/models/llama/model.py
index 4d441a5a32e..d11cf06352b 100644
--- a/examples/models/llama/model.py
+++ b/examples/models/llama/model.py
@@ -47,30 +47,18 @@ def __init__(self, **kwargs):
         # Params file.
         params_path = kwargs.get("params", None)
 
-        self.llm_config = kwargs.get("llm_config", None)
+        self.llm_config = kwargs.get("llm_config")
+        assert self.llm_config is not None, "llm_config must be provided"
         
-        # Set all parameters from llm_config if available, otherwise use kwargs as fallback
-        if self.llm_config:
-            self.use_kv_cache = self.llm_config.model.use_kv_cache
-            self.use_sdpa_with_kv_cache_op = self.llm_config.model.use_sdpa_with_kv_cache
-            self.generate_full_logits = self.llm_config.debug.generate_full_logits
-            self.enable_dynamic_shape = self.llm_config.model.enable_dynamic_shape
-            self.input_prune_map_path = self.llm_config.model.input_prune_map
-            self.output_prune_map_path = self.llm_config.model.output_prune_map
-            self.max_seq_len = self.llm_config.export.max_seq_length
-            self.max_context_len = self.llm_config.export.max_context_length
-            self.verbose = self.llm_config.debug.verbose
-        else:
-            # Fallback to kwargs for backward compatibility
-            self.use_kv_cache = kwargs.get("use_kv_cache", False)
-            self.use_sdpa_with_kv_cache_op = kwargs.get("use_sdpa_with_kv_cache", False)
-            self.generate_full_logits = kwargs.get("generate_full_logits", False)
-            self.enable_dynamic_shape = kwargs.get("enable_dynamic_shape", False)
-            self.input_prune_map_path = kwargs.get("input_prune_map_path", None)
-            self.output_prune_map_path = kwargs.get("output_prune_map_path", None)
-            self.max_seq_len = kwargs.get("max_seq_len", 128)
-            self.max_context_len = kwargs.get("max_context_len", 128)
-            self.verbose = kwargs.get("verbose", False)
+        self.use_kv_cache = self.llm_config.model.use_kv_cache
+        self.use_sdpa_with_kv_cache_op = self.llm_config.model.use_sdpa_with_kv_cache
+        self.generate_full_logits = self.llm_config.debug.generate_full_logits
+        self.enable_dynamic_shape = self.llm_config.model.enable_dynamic_shape
+        self.input_prune_map_path = self.llm_config.model.input_prune_map
+        self.output_prune_map_path = self.llm_config.model.output_prune_map
+        self.max_seq_len = self.llm_config.export.max_seq_length
+        self.max_context_len = self.llm_config.export.max_context_length
+        self.verbose = self.llm_config.debug.verbose
 
         assert (
             self.max_context_len >= self.max_seq_len
@@ -173,7 +161,7 @@ def __init__(self, **kwargs):
 
         if model_args.use_scaled_rope:
             # Older models don't have use_scaled_rope configuration
-            model_name = str(self.llm_config.base.model_class) if self.llm_config else "llama3"
+            model_name = str(self.llm_config.base.model_class)
             assert model_name not in ["llama2", "stories110m"]
 
             # Llama3_2 and newer models in ExecuTorch repo should set larger scale factor
@@ -212,7 +200,7 @@ def __init__(self, **kwargs):
             self.model_ = Int8DynActInt4WeightQuantizer()._convert_for_runtime(
                 self.model_
             )
-        elif self.llm_config and self.llm_config.quantization.use_spin_quant:
+        elif self.llm_config.quantization.use_spin_quant:
             print("Using SPIN quantization.")
             self._transform_for_pre_quantization(checkpoint, model_args)
 
@@ -221,7 +209,7 @@ def __init__(self, **kwargs):
             )
 
             sanitize_checkpoint_from_pre_quantization(checkpoint)
-        elif self.llm_config and self.llm_config.quantization.use_qat:
+        elif self.llm_config.quantization.use_qat:
             print("Using QAT quantization.")
             self._transform_for_pre_quantization(checkpoint, model_args)
             if self.llm_config.base.use_lora:
@@ -243,7 +231,7 @@ def __init__(self, **kwargs):
 
             sanitize_checkpoint_from_pre_quantization(checkpoint)
 
-        if self.llm_config and self.llm_config.model.use_attention_sink:
+        if self.llm_config.model.use_attention_sink:
             from .source_transformation.attention_sink import enable_attention_sink
 
             attention_sink_params = self.llm_config.model.use_attention_sink.split(",")
@@ -343,7 +331,7 @@ def get_example_inputs_kvcache_sdpa(self):
             )
 
     def _transform_for_pre_quantization(self, checkpoint, model_args):
-        assert self.llm_config and self.llm_config.base.preq_mode, "preq_mode must be specified"
+        assert self.llm_config.base.preq_mode, "preq_mode must be specified"
         assert self.llm_config.base.preq_mode in [
             "8da4w",
             "8da4w_output_8da8w",