diff --git a/src/modules/imageresizer/ui/App.xaml.cs b/src/modules/imageresizer/ui/App.xaml.cs
index 784b650afa..c289199bfd 100644
--- a/src/modules/imageresizer/ui/App.xaml.cs
+++ b/src/modules/imageresizer/ui/App.xaml.cs
@@ -81,16 +81,7 @@ namespace ImageResizer
             AiAvailabilityState = CheckAiAvailability();
             Logger.LogInfo($"AI availability checked at startup: {AiAvailabilityState}");
 
-            // If AI is potentially available, start background initialization (non-blocking)
-            if (AiAvailabilityState == AiAvailabilityState.Ready)
-            {
-                _ = InitializeAiServiceAsync(); // Fire and forget - don't block UI
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                // AI not available - set NoOp service immediately
-                ResizeBatch.SetAiSuperResolutionService(Services.NoOpAiSuperResolutionService.Instance);
-            }
+            ResizeBatch.SetAiSuperResolutionService(Services.NoOpAiSuperResolutionService.Instance);
 
             var batch = ResizeBatch.FromCommandLine(Console.In, e?.Args);
 
@@ -109,37 +100,7 @@ namespace ImageResizer
         /// </summary>
         private static AiAvailabilityState CheckAiAvailability()
         {
-            try
-            {
-                // First check if the platform is ARM64 - AI Super Resolution only works on ARM64
-                if (RuntimeInformation.ProcessArchitecture != Architecture.Arm64)
-                {
-                    return AiAvailabilityState.NotSupported;
-                }
-
-                // Check Windows AI service model ready state
-                // it's so slow, why?
-                var readyState = Services.WinAiSuperResolutionService.GetModelReadyState();
-
-                // Map AI service state to our availability state
-                switch (readyState)
-                {
-                    case Microsoft.Windows.AI.AIFeatureReadyState.Ready:
-                        return AiAvailabilityState.Ready;
-
-                    case Microsoft.Windows.AI.AIFeatureReadyState.NotReady:
-                        return AiAvailabilityState.ModelNotReady;
-
-                    case Microsoft.Windows.AI.AIFeatureReadyState.DisabledByUser:
-                    case Microsoft.Windows.AI.AIFeatureReadyState.NotSupportedOnCurrentSystem:
-                    default:
-                        return AiAvailabilityState.NotSupported;
-                }
-            }
-            catch (Exception)
-            {
-                return AiAvailabilityState.NotSupported;
-            }
+            return AiAvailabilityState.Ready;
         }
 
         /// <summary>