diff --git a/k3s/configmap.yaml b/k3s/configmap.yaml
index 9442f7b86..ee041033b 100644
--- a/k3s/configmap.yaml
+++ b/k3s/configmap.yaml
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ data:
         },
         {
           "model_name": "gemini-flash",
-          "model": "gemini/gemini-3-flash-preview",
+          "model": "gemini-3-flash-preview",
           "api_base": "https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta/openai/",
           "api_key": "file://secrets/google-api-key",
           "request_timeout": 300
diff --git a/pkg/providers/openai_compat/provider.go b/pkg/providers/openai_compat/provider.go
index da2f36ecb..80fcaa3d3 100644
--- a/pkg/providers/openai_compat/provider.go
+++ b/pkg/providers/openai_compat/provider.go
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ var stripModelPrefixProviders = map[string]struct{}{
 	"lmstudio":      {},
 	"azure-ai":      {},
 	"azure-foundry": {},
+	"gemini":        {},
 }
 
 func WithMaxTokensField(maxTokensField string) Option {