diff --git a/src/modules/llms/server/gemini/gemini.models.ts b/src/modules/llms/server/gemini/gemini.models.ts
index 564bec9ed..d754b9754 100644
--- a/src/modules/llms/server/gemini/gemini.models.ts
+++ b/src/modules/llms/server/gemini/gemini.models.ts
@@ -327,49 +327,11 @@ const _knownGeminiModels: ({
     isPreview: true,
     interfaces: [LLM_IF_OAI_Chat, LLM_IF_OAI_Vision],
     description: 'LearnLM is an experimental task-specific model aligned with learning science principles.',
+    chatPrice: geminiExpPricingFree,
     // hidden: true,
     // _delete: true,
   },
 
-
-  // Generation 1.0
-
-  // Gemini 1.0 Pro Models (Deprecated)
-  {
-    id: 'models/gemini-1.0-pro-latest',
-    // symLink: 'models/gemini-1.0-pro-001',
-    chatPrice: gemini10ProPricing,
-    interfaces: [LLM_IF_OAI_Chat],
-    deprecated: '2025-02-15',
-    // _delete: true, // kept for reference, but doc states deprecation on 2025-02-15
-  },
-  {
-    id: 'models/gemini-1.0-pro-001',
-    labelOverride: 'Gemini 1.0 Pro', // remove the 'Tuning'
-    chatPrice: gemini10ProPricing,
-    interfaces: [LLM_IF_OAI_Chat],
-    benchmark: { cbaElo: 1131 },
-    deprecated: '2025-02-15',
-  },
-  {
-    id: 'models/gemini-1.0-pro',
-    symLink: 'models/gemini-1.0-pro-001',
-    chatPrice: gemini10ProPricing,
-    interfaces: [LLM_IF_OAI_Chat],
-    deprecated: '2025-02-15',
-    hidden: true,
-  },
-  {
-    id: 'models/gemini-pro',
-    symLink: 'models/gemini-1.0-pro',
-    chatPrice: gemini10ProPricing,
-    interfaces: [LLM_IF_OAI_Chat],
-    benchmark: { cbaElo: 1110 },
-    deprecated: '2025-02-15',
-    _delete: true, // confusing old model name
-  },
-
-
   // Gemini 1.0 Pro Vision Model
   {
     id: 'models/gemini-1.0-pro-vision-latest',
@@ -386,6 +348,24 @@ const _knownGeminiModels: ({
 ];
 
 
+// Add to your code where you process the API response
+export function geminiDevCheckForSuperfluosModels_DEV(apiModelIds: string[]): void {
+
+  if (DEV_DEBUG_GEMINI_MODELS) {
+
+    // editorial model ids
+    const expectedModelIds = _knownGeminiModels.map(model => model.id);
+
+    // find editorial models which aren't present in the API response anymore
+    const missingModels = expectedModelIds.filter(id => !apiModelIds.includes(id));
+    if (missingModels.length > 0)
+      console.warn(`Gemini: superfluous model definitions: [ ${missingModels.join(', ')} ]`);
+
+  }
+
+}
+
+
 export function geminiFilterModels(geminiModel: GeminiWire_API_Models_List.Model): boolean {
   const isAllowed = !filterUnallowedNames.some(name => geminiModel.displayName.includes(name));
   const isSupported = !filterUnallowedInterfaces.some(iface => geminiModel.supportedGenerationMethods.includes(iface));
@@ -426,6 +406,7 @@ export function geminiSortModels(a: ModelDescriptionSchema, b: ModelDescriptionS
   return b.label.localeCompare(a.label);
 }
 
+
 export function geminiModelToModelDescription(geminiModel: GeminiWire_API_Models_List.Model): ModelDescriptionSchema | null {
   const { description, displayName, name: modelId, supportedGenerationMethods } = geminiModel;
 
diff --git a/src/modules/llms/server/gemini/gemini.router.ts b/src/modules/llms/server/gemini/gemini.router.ts
index ff64bf85c..cf8f4ab07 100644
--- a/src/modules/llms/server/gemini/gemini.router.ts
+++ b/src/modules/llms/server/gemini/gemini.router.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import { GeminiWire_API_Models_List, GeminiWire_Safety } from '~/modules/aix/ser
 import { fixupHost } from '~/common/util/urlUtils';
 
 import { ListModelsResponse_schema } from '../llm.server.types';
-import { geminiFilterModels, geminiModelToModelDescription, geminiSortModels } from './gemini.models';
+import { geminiDevCheckForSuperfluosModels_DEV, geminiFilterModels, geminiModelToModelDescription, geminiSortModels } from './gemini.models';
 
 
 // Default hosts
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ export const llmGeminiRouter = createTRPCRouter({
       // get the models
       const wireModels = await geminiGET(input.access, null, GeminiWire_API_Models_List.getPath, false);
       const detailedModels = GeminiWire_API_Models_List.Response_schema.parse(wireModels).models;
+      geminiDevCheckForSuperfluosModels_DEV(detailedModels.map(model => model.name));
 
       // NOTE: no need to retrieve info for each of the models (e.g. /v1beta/model/gemini-pro).,
       //       as the List API already all the info on all the models