diff --git a/extensions/ollama/index.test.ts b/extensions/ollama/index.test.ts
index 5e43f2cb00a2..e732b01cf644 100644
--- a/extensions/ollama/index.test.ts
+++ b/extensions/ollama/index.test.ts
@@ -153,6 +153,12 @@ describe("ollama tool-schema compatibility", () => {
       });
     }
   });
+
+  it("keeps configured-row projection aligned with absent runtime model normalizers", () => {
+    for (const provider of registerProvidersWithPluginConfig({})) {
+      expect(provider.normalizeResolvedModel).toBeUndefined();
+    }
+  });
 });
 
 function createOllamaResetValidationContext(
diff --git a/extensions/ollama/provider-policy-api.test.ts b/extensions/ollama/provider-policy-api.test.ts
index 2595e0fd34b2..348a2d5e1338 100644
--- a/extensions/ollama/provider-policy-api.test.ts
+++ b/extensions/ollama/provider-policy-api.test.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 // Ollama tests cover provider policy api plugin behavior.
 import type { ModelDefinitionConfig } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/provider-model-types";
 import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
-import { normalizeConfig, resolveThinkingProfile } from "./provider-policy-api.js";
+import {
+  normalizeConfig,
+  projectConfiguredModelRow,
+  resolveThinkingProfile,
+} from "./provider-policy-api.js";
 import { OLLAMA_DEFAULT_BASE_URL } from "./src/defaults.js";
 
 function createModel(id: string, name: string): ModelDefinitionConfig {
@@ -60,6 +64,48 @@ describe("ollama provider policy public artifact", () => {
     ).toStrictEqual({});
   });
 
+  it.each(["ollama", " OLLAMA-CLOUD "])("skips runtime row normalization for %s", (provider) => {
+    expect(
+      projectConfiguredModelRow({
+        provider,
+        modelId: "qwen3.5:9b",
+        model: {
+          provider: provider.trim().toLowerCase(),
+          id: "qwen3.5:9b",
+          api: "ollama",
+          baseUrl: OLLAMA_DEFAULT_BASE_URL,
+          input: ["text"],
+          name: "Qwen 3.5 9B",
+          reasoning: true,
+          cost: { input: 0, output: 0, cacheRead: 0, cacheWrite: 0 },
+          contextWindow: 128_000,
+          maxTokens: 8_192,
+        },
+      }),
+    ).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  it("keeps unrelated providers on the runtime normalization path", () => {
+    expect(
+      projectConfiguredModelRow({
+        provider: "openai",
+        modelId: "gpt-5.5",
+        model: {
+          provider: "openai",
+          id: "gpt-5.5",
+          api: "openai-responses",
+          baseUrl: "https://api.openai.com/v1",
+          input: ["text"],
+          name: "GPT-5.5",
+          reasoning: true,
+          cost: { input: 0, output: 0, cacheRead: 0, cacheWrite: 0 },
+          contextWindow: 128_000,
+          maxTokens: 8_192,
+        },
+      }),
+    ).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+
   it("exposes max thinking for reasoning-capable models without full plugin activation", () => {
     expect(resolveThinkingProfile({ reasoning: true })).toEqual({
       levels: [{ id: "off" }, { id: "low" }, { id: "medium" }, { id: "high" }, { id: "max" }],
diff --git a/extensions/ollama/provider-policy-api.ts b/extensions/ollama/provider-policy-api.ts
index 13f136c1aa10..5fb45b6259a8 100644
--- a/extensions/ollama/provider-policy-api.ts
+++ b/extensions/ollama/provider-policy-api.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 // Ollama API module exposes the plugin public contract.
-import type { ProviderThinkingProfile } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/plugin-entry";
+import type {
+  ProviderNormalizeResolvedModelContext,
+  ProviderThinkingProfile,
+} from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/plugin-entry";
 import type { ModelProviderConfig } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/provider-model-types";
-import { OLLAMA_DEFAULT_BASE_URL } from "./src/defaults.js";
+import { OLLAMA_CLOUD_PROVIDER_ID, OLLAMA_DEFAULT_BASE_URL } from "./src/defaults.js";
 
 type OllamaProviderConfigDraft = Partial<ModelProviderConfig>;
 
@@ -51,6 +54,15 @@ export function normalizeConfig({
   return next;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Ollama's local and cloud providers do not normalize resolved models.
+ * Skip full plugin activation when the model-list path asks for that no-op.
+ */
+export function projectConfiguredModelRow(ctx: ProviderNormalizeResolvedModelContext) {
+  const provider = ctx.provider.trim().toLowerCase();
+  return provider === "ollama" || provider === OLLAMA_CLOUD_PROVIDER_ID ? null : undefined;
+}
+
 export function resolveThinkingProfile({
   reasoning,
 }: {