diff --git a/app/api/admin/vip98k-models/route.ts b/app/api/admin/vip98k-models/route.ts
index 145884a3b..11929f657 100644
--- a/app/api/admin/vip98k-models/route.ts
+++ b/app/api/admin/vip98k-models/route.ts
@@ -2,10 +2,15 @@ import { and, eq } from "drizzle-orm";
 import { NextResponse } from "next/server";
 import {
   fetchVip98kModelPresets,
+  hasVip98kTextToImageMode,
   type Vip98kModelPreset,
 } from "@/lib/ai/vip98k-models";
 import { db } from "@/lib/db";
-import { getAiProviderById } from "@/lib/db/queries";
+import {
+  deleteAiModel,
+  getAiModelsByProviderId,
+  getAiProviderById,
+} from "@/lib/db/queries";
 import { aiModel, type AiModel } from "@/lib/db/schema";
 import { requireAdmin } from "@/lib/middleware/admin";
 
@@ -97,8 +102,35 @@ export async function POST(request: Request) {
 
     const addedModels: AiModel[] = [];
     const updatedModels: AiModel[] = [];
+    const removedModels: AiModel[] = [];
     const errors: Array<{ modelId: string; error: string }> = [];
 
+    const existingModels = await getAiModelsByProviderId({ providerId });
+    const textToImageModels = existingModels.filter(
+      (model) =>
+        model.supportsImageGen &&
+        hasVip98kTextToImageMode({
+          modelId: model.modelId,
+          capabilities: model.capabilities,
+          defaultParams: model.defaultParams,
+        }),
+    );
+    for (const model of textToImageModels) {
+      try {
+        const deleted = await deleteAiModel({ id: model.id });
+        removedModels.push(...deleted);
+      } catch (error) {
+        console.error(
+          `[VIP98K Models API] Failed to remove text-to-image model ${model.modelId}:`,
+          error,
+        );
+        errors.push({
+          modelId: model.modelId,
+          error: error instanceof Error ? error.message : "Removal failed",
+        });
+      }
+    }
+
     for (const preset of presets) {
       try {
         const existing = await db.query.aiModel.findFirst({
@@ -161,8 +193,10 @@ export async function POST(request: Request) {
       success: true,
       addedCount: addedModels.length,
       updatedCount: updatedModels.length,
+      removedCount: removedModels.length,
       addedModels,
       updatedModels,
+      removedModels,
       errors: errors.length > 0 ? errors : undefined,
       counts: {
         requested: presets.length,
diff --git a/lib/ai/vip98k-models.ts b/lib/ai/vip98k-models.ts
index 9bc8fca6b..2557c9603 100644
--- a/lib/ai/vip98k-models.ts
+++ b/lib/ai/vip98k-models.ts
@@ -355,6 +355,40 @@ function getCapabilities(model: Vip98kCatalogModel) {
   );
 }
 
+function normalizeMode(value: unknown) {
+  return String(value || "").trim().toLowerCase().replace(/_/g, "-");
+}
+
+function getStoredSupportedModes(value: unknown) {
+  const record = toRecord(value);
+  return parseStringArray(
+    record?.supportedModes || record?.supported_modes,
+  ).map(normalizeMode);
+}
+
+export function hasVip98kTextToImageMode(input: {
+  modelId?: string | null;
+  capabilities?: unknown;
+  defaultParams?: unknown;
+}) {
+  const modes = new Set([
+    ...getStoredSupportedModes(input.capabilities),
+    ...getStoredSupportedModes(input.defaultParams),
+  ]);
+  return (
+    modes.has("text-to-image") ||
+    normalizeMode(input.modelId).includes("text-to-image")
+  );
+}
+
+export function isVip98kTextToImageCatalogModel(
+  model: Vip98kCatalogModel,
+) {
+  if (resolvePresetType(model) !== "image") return false;
+  const capabilities = getCapabilities(model);
+  return capabilities.length === 0 || capabilities.includes("text-to-image");
+}
+
 function getInputModes(model: Vip98kCatalogModel) {
   return parseStringArray(model.inputModes || model.input_modes).map((item) =>
     item.trim().toLowerCase(),
@@ -771,6 +805,7 @@ export function buildVip98kModelPresets(
     .map((model, index) => {
       const modelId = getModelId(model);
       if (!modelId) return null;
+      if (isVip98kTextToImageCatalogModel(model)) return null;
       const type = resolvePresetType(model);
       if (type === "image") return createImagePreset(model, index);
       if (type === "video") return createVideoPreset(model, index);
diff --git a/tests/routes/model-classification.test.ts b/tests/routes/model-classification.test.ts
index 010b1351a..1bfa3074d 100644
--- a/tests/routes/model-classification.test.ts
+++ b/tests/routes/model-classification.test.ts
@@ -385,35 +385,69 @@ test.describe("AI model media classification", () => {
         modelId: "black-forest-labs/flux-dev",
         displayName: "Flux Dev",
         type: "image",
-        capabilities: ["text_to_image"],
+        capabilities: ["image_to_image"],
       },
       {
-        modelId: "google/nano-banana-2/text-to-image",
+        modelId: "google/nano-banana-2/edit",
         displayName: "Nano Banana 2",
         type: "image",
-        capabilities: ["text_to_image"],
+        capabilities: ["image_to_image"],
       },
       {
         modelId: "future-image-with-date",
         displayName: "Future image",
         type: "image",
-        capabilities: ["text_to_image"],
+        capabilities: ["image_to_image"],
         releasedAt: "2027-02-01",
       },
       {
         modelId: "old-image-with-date",
         displayName: "Old image",
         type: "image",
-        capabilities: ["text_to_image"],
+        capabilities: ["image_to_image"],
         releasedAt: "2025-12-15",
       },
     ]);
 
     expect(presets.find((item) => item.modelId === "black-forest-labs/flux-dev")?.isHidden).toBe(true);
     expect(
-      presets.find((item) => item.modelId === "google/nano-banana-2/text-to-image")?.isHidden,
+      presets.find((item) => item.modelId === "google/nano-banana-2/edit")?.isHidden,
     ).toBe(false);
     expect(presets.find((item) => item.modelId === "future-image-with-date")?.isHidden).toBe(false);
     expect(presets.find((item) => item.modelId === "old-image-with-date")?.isHidden).toBe(true);
   });
+
+  test("excludes VIP98K text-to-image models without applying a price limit", () => {
+    const presets = buildVip98kModelPresets([
+      {
+        modelId: "pure-text-to-image",
+        type: "image",
+        capabilities: ["text_to_image"],
+        pricing: { effective_price: 0.02 },
+      },
+      {
+        modelId: "mixed-image-model",
+        type: "image",
+        capabilities: ["text_to_image", "image_to_image"],
+        pricing: { effective_price: 0.2 },
+      },
+      {
+        modelId: "expensive-image-edit",
+        type: "image",
+        capabilities: ["image_to_image"],
+        pricing: { effective_price: 2.5 },
+      },
+      {
+        modelId: "remove-background",
+        type: "image_tool",
+        capabilities: ["image_processing"],
+        pricing: { effective_price: 1.2 },
+      },
+    ]);
+
+    expect(presets.map((item) => item.modelId)).toEqual([
+      "expensive-image-edit",
+      "remove-background",
+    ]);
+  });
 });