diff --git a/langchain4j-open-ai-spring-boot-starter/src/main/java/dev/langchain4j/openai/spring/AutoConfig.java b/langchain4j-open-ai-spring-boot-starter/src/main/java/dev/langchain4j/openai/spring/AutoConfig.java
index 84c6bbc4..ecf9b250 100644
--- a/langchain4j-open-ai-spring-boot-starter/src/main/java/dev/langchain4j/openai/spring/AutoConfig.java
+++ b/langchain4j-open-ai-spring-boot-starter/src/main/java/dev/langchain4j/openai/spring/AutoConfig.java
@@ -363,10 +363,4 @@ HttpClientBuilder openAiImageModelHttpClientBuilder(ObjectProvider<RestClient.Bu
                 // executor is not needed for no-streaming OpenAiImageModel
                 .createDefaultStreamingRequestExecutor(false);
     }
-
-    @Bean
-    @ConditionalOnMissingBean
-    OpenAiTokenizer openAiTokenizer() {
-        return new OpenAiTokenizer();
-    }
 }
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