diff --git a/examples/server/server.cpp b/examples/server/server.cpp
index 54cdb4b72e64f..5c1af549b2e1c 100644
--- a/examples/server/server.cpp
+++ b/examples/server/server.cpp
@@ -2703,8 +2703,8 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
     };
 
     const auto handle_completions_generic = [&ctx_server, &res_error, &res_ok](server_task_inf_type inf_type, json & data, httplib::Response & res) {
-        if (ctx_server.params.embedding || ctx_server.params.reranking) {
-            res_error(res, format_error_response("This server does not support completions. Start it without `--embeddings` or `--reranking`", ERROR_TYPE_NOT_SUPPORTED));
+        if (ctx_server.params.embedding) {
+            res_error(res, format_error_response("This server does not support completions. Start it without `--embeddings`", ERROR_TYPE_NOT_SUPPORTED));
             return;
         }
 
@@ -2809,8 +2809,8 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
 
     // TODO: maybe merge this function with "handle_completions_generic"
     const auto handle_chat_completions = [&ctx_server, &params, &res_error, &res_ok, verbose](const httplib::Request & req, httplib::Response & res) {
-        if (ctx_server.params.embedding || ctx_server.params.reranking) {
-            res_error(res, format_error_response("This server does not support completions. Start it without `--embeddings` or `--reranking`", ERROR_TYPE_NOT_SUPPORTED));
+        if (ctx_server.params.embedding) {
+            res_error(res, format_error_response("This server does not support completions. Start it without `--embeddings`", ERROR_TYPE_NOT_SUPPORTED));
             return;
         }
 
@@ -2935,11 +2935,6 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
     };
 
     const auto handle_embeddings = [&ctx_server, &res_error, &res_ok](const httplib::Request & req, httplib::Response & res) {
-        // TODO: somehow clean up this checks in the future
-        if (!ctx_server.params.embedding || ctx_server.params.reranking) {
-            res_error(res, format_error_response("This server does not support embeddings. Start it with `--embeddings` and without `--reranking`", ERROR_TYPE_NOT_SUPPORTED));
-            return;
-        }
         const json body = json::parse(req.body);
         bool is_openai = false;
 
@@ -2991,10 +2986,11 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
     };
 
     const auto handle_rerank = [&ctx_server, &res_error, &res_ok](const httplib::Request & req, httplib::Response & res) {
-        if (!ctx_server.params.reranking) {
-            res_error(res, format_error_response("This server does not support reranking. Start it with `--reranking`", ERROR_TYPE_NOT_SUPPORTED));
+        if (!ctx_server.params.reranking || ctx_server.params.embedding) {
+            res_error(res, format_error_response("This server does not support reranking. Start it with `--reranking` and without `--embedding`", ERROR_TYPE_NOT_SUPPORTED));
             return;
         }
+
         const json body = json::parse(req.body);
 
         // TODO: implement