diff --git a/lib/external-image-api/service.ts b/lib/external-image-api/service.ts
index 54922f4f2..749e9edc0 100644
--- a/lib/external-image-api/service.ts
+++ b/lib/external-image-api/service.ts
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ export async function authenticateExternalImageApiRequest(request: Request) {
 }
 
 export async function getExternalImageApiModels() {
-  const models = await getEnabledAiModelsWithProvider(false, false);
+  const models = await getEnabledAiModelsWithProvider(false, true);
 
   return sortExternalImageApiModels(
     models.filter(
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ export async function resolveExternalImageApiModel(
   const referenceImageCount = Math.max(0, options?.referenceImageCount ?? 1);
   const models = sortExternalImageApiModels(
     (
-      await getEnabledAiModelsWithProvider(false, false)
+      await getEnabledAiModelsWithProvider(false, true)
     ).filter((entry) =>
       isImageGenerationModelDescriptor({
         providerType: entry.provider.type,
@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ export async function buildExternalImageApiModelCandidates(params?: {
   const referenceImageCount = Math.max(0, params?.referenceImageCount ?? 1);
   const allModels = sortExternalImageApiModels(
     (
-      await getEnabledAiModelsWithProvider(false, false)
+      await getEnabledAiModelsWithProvider(false, true)
     ).filter((entry) =>
       isImageGenerationModelDescriptor({
         providerType: entry.provider.type,