diff --git a/common/common.cpp b/common/common.cpp
index 044f218b4..6dea8e3d2 100644
--- a/common/common.cpp
+++ b/common/common.cpp
@@ -1099,8 +1099,6 @@ struct llama_model_params common_model_params_to_llama(common_params & params) {
         mparams.kv_overrides = params.kv_overrides.data();
     }
 
-    mparams.n_threads = params.cpuparams.n_threads;
-
     return mparams;
 }
 
diff --git a/ggml/include/ggml-backend.h b/ggml/include/ggml-backend.h
index ce66a4733..fc9571c82 100644
--- a/ggml/include/ggml-backend.h
+++ b/ggml/include/ggml-backend.h
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ extern "C" {
     // Set the number of threads for the backend
     typedef void                         (*ggml_backend_set_n_threads_t)(ggml_backend_t backend, int n_threads);
     // Get additional buffer types provided by the device (returns a NULL-terminated array)
-    typedef ggml_backend_buffer_type_t * (*ggml_backend_dev_get_extra_bufts_t)(ggml_backend_dev_t device, int n_threads);
+    typedef ggml_backend_buffer_type_t * (*ggml_backend_dev_get_extra_bufts_t)(ggml_backend_dev_t device);
     // Set the abort callback for the backend
     typedef void                         (*ggml_backend_set_abort_callback_t)(ggml_backend_t backend, ggml_abort_callback abort_callback, void * abort_callback_data);
     // Get a list of feature flags supported by the backend (returns a NULL-terminated array)
diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-cpu/CMakeLists.txt b/ggml/src/ggml-cpu/CMakeLists.txt
index 38447b6bd..bba18303b 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-cpu/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-cpu/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -325,9 +325,9 @@ function(ggml_add_cpu_backend_variant_impl tag_name)
 
         # Fetch KleidiAI sources:
         include(FetchContent)
-        set(KLEIDIAI_COMMIT_SHA "v1.2.0")
-        set(KLEIDIAI_DOWNLOAD_URL "https://gitlab.arm.com/kleidi/kleidiai/-/archive/${KLEIDIAI_COMMIT_SHA}/kleidiai-${KLEIDIAI_COMMIT_SHA}.tar.gz")
-        set(KLEIDIAI_ARCHIVE_MD5  "cebcb660079bf15626e7bdaecd18f49c")
+        set(KLEIDIAI_COMMIT_TAG "v1.2.0")
+        set(KLEIDIAI_DOWNLOAD_URL "https://github.com/ARM-software/kleidiai/archive/refs/tags/${KLEIDIAI_COMMIT_TAG}.tar.gz")
+        set(KLEIDIAI_ARCHIVE_MD5  "6634fefce7357ecfee9eace2068bc68b")
 
         if (POLICY CMP0135)
             cmake_policy(SET CMP0135 NEW)
diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-cpu/ggml-cpu-traits.cpp b/ggml/src/ggml-cpu/ggml-cpu-traits.cpp
index 14536fe1b..62a0712da 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-cpu/ggml-cpu-traits.cpp
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-cpu/ggml-cpu-traits.cpp
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ extra_buffer_type::~extra_buffer_type() {}
 }  // namespace ggml::cpu
 
 bool ggml_cpu_extra_compute_forward(struct ggml_compute_params * params, struct ggml_tensor * op) {
-    for (auto extra : ggml_backend_cpu_get_extra_buffers_type(params->nth)) {
+    for (auto extra : ggml_backend_cpu_get_extra_buffers_type()) {
         if (extra && extra->context) {
             auto buf_extra     = (ggml::cpu::extra_buffer_type *) extra->context;
             auto tensor_traits = buf_extra->get_tensor_traits(op);
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ bool ggml_cpu_extra_compute_forward(struct ggml_compute_params * params, struct
 }
 
 bool ggml_cpu_extra_work_size(int n_threads, const struct ggml_tensor * op, size_t * size) {
-    for (auto extra : ggml_backend_cpu_get_extra_buffers_type(n_threads)) {
+    for (auto extra : ggml_backend_cpu_get_extra_buffers_type()) {
         if (extra && extra->context) {
             auto buf_extra     = (ggml::cpu::extra_buffer_type *) extra->context;
             auto tensor_traits = buf_extra->get_tensor_traits(op);
diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-cpu/ggml-cpu-traits.h b/ggml/src/ggml-cpu/ggml-cpu-traits.h
index eba2d379b..99a6186b1 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-cpu/ggml-cpu-traits.h
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-cpu/ggml-cpu-traits.h
@@ -33,6 +33,6 @@ class extra_buffer_type {
 }  // namespace ggml::cpu
 
 // implemented in ggml-cpu.cpp.
-std::vector<ggml_backend_buffer_type_t> & ggml_backend_cpu_get_extra_buffers_type(int n_threads);
+std::vector<ggml_backend_buffer_type_t> & ggml_backend_cpu_get_extra_buffers_type();
 
 #endif
diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-cpu/ggml-cpu.cpp b/ggml/src/ggml-cpu/ggml-cpu.cpp
index 399f3f0f3..b79d979db 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-cpu/ggml-cpu.cpp
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-cpu/ggml-cpu.cpp
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@
 
 // ggml-backend interface
 
-std::vector<ggml_backend_buffer_type_t>& ggml_backend_cpu_get_extra_buffers_type(int n_threads) {
-    static std::vector<ggml_backend_buffer_type_t> bufts = [n_threads]() {
+std::vector<ggml_backend_buffer_type_t>& ggml_backend_cpu_get_extra_buffers_type() {
+    static std::vector<ggml_backend_buffer_type_t> bufts = []() {
         std::vector<ggml_backend_buffer_type_t> bufts;
 
 #if defined(__AMX_INT8__) && defined(__AVX512VNNI__)
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ std::vector<ggml_backend_buffer_type_t>& ggml_backend_cpu_get_extra_buffers_type
 #endif
 
 #ifdef GGML_USE_CPU_KLEIDIAI
-        if (ggml_backend_cpu_kleidiai_buffer_type(n_threads)) {
-            bufts.push_back(ggml_backend_cpu_kleidiai_buffer_type(n_threads));
+        if (ggml_backend_cpu_kleidiai_buffer_type()) {
+            bufts.push_back(ggml_backend_cpu_kleidiai_buffer_type());
         }
 #endif
 
@@ -58,21 +58,19 @@ std::vector<ggml_backend_buffer_type_t>& ggml_backend_cpu_get_extra_buffers_type
         bufts.push_back(NULL);
 
         return bufts;
-
-        GGML_UNUSED(n_threads);
     }();
 
     return bufts;
 }
 
-static ggml_backend_buffer_type_t * ggml_backend_cpu_device_get_extra_buffers_type(ggml_backend_dev_t device, int n_threads) {
-    return ggml_backend_cpu_get_extra_buffers_type(n_threads).data();
+static ggml_backend_buffer_type_t * ggml_backend_cpu_device_get_extra_buffers_type(ggml_backend_dev_t device) {
+    return ggml_backend_cpu_get_extra_buffers_type().data();
 
     GGML_UNUSED(device);
 }
 
 static bool ggml_backend_cpu_is_extra_buffer_type(ggml_backend_buffer_type_t buft) {
-    for (auto extra : ggml_backend_cpu_get_extra_buffers_type(-1)) {
+    for (auto extra : ggml_backend_cpu_get_extra_buffers_type()) {
         if (extra && extra == buft) return true;
     }
     return false;
@@ -387,7 +385,7 @@ static bool ggml_backend_cpu_device_supports_op(ggml_backend_dev_t dev, const st
     }
 
     // extra_buffer_op?
-    for (auto extra : ggml_backend_cpu_get_extra_buffers_type(-1)) {
+    for (auto extra : ggml_backend_cpu_get_extra_buffers_type()) {
         if (extra) {
             auto buf_extra = (ggml::cpu::extra_buffer_type*) extra->context;
             if (buf_extra && buf_extra->supports_op(dev, op)) {
@@ -577,7 +575,7 @@ static ggml_backend_feature * ggml_backend_cpu_get_features(ggml_backend_reg_t r
         features.push_back({ "OPENMP", "1" });
     #endif
     #ifdef GGML_USE_CPU_KLEIDIAI
-        features.push_back({ "KLEIDIAI_REPACK", "1" });
+        features.push_back({ "KLEIDIAI", "1" });
     #endif
     #ifdef GGML_USE_CPU_AARCH64
         features.push_back({ "AARCH64_REPACK", "1" });
diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-cpu/ggml-kleidiai/ggml-kleidiai.cpp b/ggml/src/ggml-cpu/ggml-kleidiai/ggml-kleidiai.cpp
index 504996146..32eadbf49 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-cpu/ggml-kleidiai/ggml-kleidiai.cpp
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-cpu/ggml-kleidiai/ggml-kleidiai.cpp
@@ -34,25 +34,25 @@ struct ggml_kleidiai_context {
     ggml_kleidiai_kernels * kernels;
 } static ctx = { NULL };
 
-static void init_kleidiai_context(int n_threads) {
+static void init_kleidiai_context(void) {
     static bool initialized = false;
 
     if (!initialized) {
-        GGML_ASSERT(n_threads > 0);
-
         initialized = true;
+        const char *env_var = getenv("GGML_KLEIDIAI_SME");
+        int sme_enabled = 0;
 
         cpu_feature features  = (ggml_cpu_has_dotprod()     ? CPU_FEATURE_DOTPROD : CPU_FEATURE_NONE) |
                                 (ggml_cpu_has_matmul_int8() ? CPU_FEATURE_I8MM    : CPU_FEATURE_NONE) |
                                 (ggml_cpu_has_sve()         ? CPU_FEATURE_SVE     : CPU_FEATURE_NONE);
 
-#if defined(__APPLE__)
-        if (n_threads == 1) {
+        if (env_var) {
+            sme_enabled = atoi(env_var);
+        }
+
+        if (sme_enabled != 0) {
             features |= ggml_cpu_has_sme() ? CPU_FEATURE_SME : CPU_FEATURE_NONE;
         }
-#else
-        features |= ggml_cpu_has_sme() ? CPU_FEATURE_SME : CPU_FEATURE_NONE;
-#endif
         ctx.kernels = ggml_kleidiai_select_kernels(features);
     }
 }
@@ -162,6 +162,8 @@ public:
         ctx.kernels->rhs_info.pack_func(1, n, k, nr, kr, sr, k_q4_0_block_size, (const uint8_t *)data, NULL, tensor->data, 0, &params);
 
         return 0;
+
+        GGML_UNUSED(data_size);
     }
 };
 
@@ -223,7 +225,7 @@ class extra_buffer_type : ggml::cpu::extra_buffer_type {
                 op->src[0]->type == GGML_TYPE_Q4_0 &&
                 op->src[0]->buffer &&
                 (ggml_n_dims(op->src[0]) == 2) &&
-                op->src[0]->buffer->buft == ggml_backend_cpu_kleidiai_buffer_type(-1) && ctx.kernels
+                op->src[0]->buffer->buft == ggml_backend_cpu_kleidiai_buffer_type() && ctx.kernels
                 ) {
             if (op->src[1]->buffer && !ggml_backend_buft_is_host(op->src[1]->buffer->buft)) {
                 return false;
@@ -237,7 +239,7 @@ class extra_buffer_type : ggml::cpu::extra_buffer_type {
 
     ggml::cpu::tensor_traits * get_tensor_traits(const struct ggml_tensor * op) override {
         if (op->op == GGML_OP_MUL_MAT) {
-            if (op->src[0]->buffer && op->src[0]->buffer->buft == ggml_backend_cpu_kleidiai_buffer_type(-1)) {
+            if (op->src[0]->buffer && op->src[0]->buffer->buft == ggml_backend_cpu_kleidiai_buffer_type()) {
                 return (ggml::cpu::tensor_traits *) op->src[0]->extra;
             }
         }
@@ -246,7 +248,7 @@ class extra_buffer_type : ggml::cpu::extra_buffer_type {
 };
 }  // namespace ggml::cpu::kleidiai
 
-ggml_backend_buffer_type_t ggml_backend_cpu_kleidiai_buffer_type(int n_threads) {
+ggml_backend_buffer_type_t ggml_backend_cpu_kleidiai_buffer_type(void) {
     static ggml::cpu::kleidiai::extra_buffer_type ctx;
     static struct ggml_backend_buffer_type ggml_backend_cpu_buffer_type_kleidiai = {
         /* .iface    = */ {
@@ -261,7 +263,7 @@ ggml_backend_buffer_type_t ggml_backend_cpu_kleidiai_buffer_type(int n_threads)
         /* .context = */ &ctx,
     };
 
-    init_kleidiai_context(n_threads);
+    init_kleidiai_context();
 
     return &ggml_backend_cpu_buffer_type_kleidiai;
 }
diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-cpu/ggml-kleidiai/ggml-kleidiai.h b/ggml/src/ggml-cpu/ggml-kleidiai/ggml-kleidiai.h
index 166c3f1a1..aca221e8e 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-cpu/ggml-kleidiai/ggml-kleidiai.h
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-cpu/ggml-kleidiai/ggml-kleidiai.h
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
-ggml_backend_buffer_type_t ggml_backend_cpu_kleidiai_buffer_type(int n_threads);
+ggml_backend_buffer_type_t ggml_backend_cpu_kleidiai_buffer_type(void);
 
 #ifdef  __cplusplus
 }
diff --git a/include/llama.h b/include/llama.h
index bb3aa8674..3b75e7607 100644
--- a/include/llama.h
+++ b/include/llama.h
@@ -304,8 +304,6 @@ extern "C" {
         bool use_mmap;      // use mmap if possible
         bool use_mlock;     // force system to keep model in RAM
         bool check_tensors; // validate model tensor data
-
-        int n_threads;
     };
 
     // NOTE: changing the default values of parameters marked as [EXPERIMENTAL] may cause crashes or incorrect results in certain configurations
diff --git a/src/llama-model-loader.cpp b/src/llama-model-loader.cpp
index 512faee18..75073bf61 100644
--- a/src/llama-model-loader.cpp
+++ b/src/llama-model-loader.cpp
@@ -445,8 +445,7 @@ llama_model_loader::llama_model_loader(
         std::vector<std::string> & splits,
         bool use_mmap,
         bool check_tensors,
-        const struct llama_model_kv_override * param_overrides_p,
-        int n_threads) {
+        const struct llama_model_kv_override * param_overrides_p) {
     int trace = 0;
     if (getenv("LLAMA_TRACE")) {
         trace = atoi(getenv("LLAMA_TRACE"));
@@ -684,7 +683,6 @@ llama_model_loader::llama_model_loader(
 
     this->use_mmap = use_mmap;
     this->check_tensors = check_tensors;
-    this->n_threads = n_threads;
 }
 
 std::string llama_model_loader::get_arch_name() const {
diff --git a/src/llama-model-loader.h b/src/llama-model-loader.h
index 49cb18a3d..fe35404b2 100644
--- a/src/llama-model-loader.h
+++ b/src/llama-model-loader.h
@@ -77,8 +77,6 @@ struct llama_model_loader {
 
     llama_mmaps mappings;
 
-    int n_threads;
-
     std::map<std::string, struct llama_tensor_weight, weight_name_comparer> weights_map;
     std::unordered_map<std::string, struct llama_model_kv_override> kv_overrides;
 
@@ -97,8 +95,7 @@ struct llama_model_loader {
         std::vector<std::string> & splits, // optional, only need if the split does not follow naming scheme
         bool use_mmap,
         bool check_tensors,
-        const struct llama_model_kv_override * param_overrides_p,
-        int n_threads);
+        const struct llama_model_kv_override * param_overrides_p);
 
     template<typename T>
     typename std::enable_if<std::is_integral<T>::value, bool>::type
diff --git a/src/llama-model.cpp b/src/llama-model.cpp
index 199ecdcab..031b4c30b 100644
--- a/src/llama-model.cpp
+++ b/src/llama-model.cpp
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ static ggml_backend_buffer_type_t select_weight_buft(const llama_hparams & hpara
 }
 
 // CPU: ACCEL -> CPU extra -> GPU host -> CPU
-static buft_list_t make_cpu_buft_list(const std::vector<ggml_backend_dev_t> & devices, int n_threads) {
+static buft_list_t make_cpu_buft_list(const std::vector<ggml_backend_dev_t> & devices) {
     buft_list_t buft_list;
 
     // add ACCEL buffer types
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ static buft_list_t make_cpu_buft_list(const std::vector<ggml_backend_dev_t> & de
     auto ggml_backend_dev_get_extra_bufts_fn = (ggml_backend_dev_get_extra_bufts_t)
         ggml_backend_reg_get_proc_address(cpu_reg, "ggml_backend_dev_get_extra_bufts");
     if (ggml_backend_dev_get_extra_bufts_fn) {
-        ggml_backend_buffer_type_t * extra_bufts = ggml_backend_dev_get_extra_bufts_fn(cpu_dev, n_threads);
+        ggml_backend_buffer_type_t * extra_bufts = ggml_backend_dev_get_extra_bufts_fn(cpu_dev);
         while (extra_bufts && *extra_bufts) {
             buft_list.emplace_back(cpu_dev, *extra_bufts);
             ++extra_bufts;
@@ -1264,7 +1264,7 @@ bool llama_model::load_tensors(llama_model_loader & ml) {
     const bool use_mmap_buffer = true;
 
     // build a list of buffer types for the CPU and GPU devices
-    pimpl->cpu_buft_list = make_cpu_buft_list(devices, params.n_threads);
+    pimpl->cpu_buft_list = make_cpu_buft_list(devices);
     for (auto * dev : devices) {
         buft_list_t buft_list = make_gpu_buft_list(dev, split_mode, tensor_split);
         // add CPU buffer types as a fallback
@@ -3768,7 +3768,6 @@ struct llama_model_params llama_model_default_params() {
         /*.use_mmap                    =*/ true,
         /*.use_mlock                   =*/ false,
         /*.check_tensors               =*/ false,
-        /*.n_threads                   =*/ GGML_DEFAULT_N_THREADS,
     };
 
 #ifdef GGML_USE_METAL
diff --git a/src/llama-quant.cpp b/src/llama-quant.cpp
index 0ebb7504f..fb7982655 100644
--- a/src/llama-quant.cpp
+++ b/src/llama-quant.cpp
@@ -527,7 +527,7 @@ static void llama_model_quantize_impl(const std::string & fname_inp, const std::
     }
 
     std::vector<std::string> splits = {};
-    llama_model_loader ml(fname_inp, splits, use_mmap, /*check_tensors*/ true, kv_overrides, nthread);
+    llama_model_loader ml(fname_inp, splits, use_mmap, /*check_tensors*/ true, kv_overrides);
     ml.init_mappings(false); // no prefetching
 
     llama_model model(llama_model_default_params());
diff --git a/src/llama.cpp b/src/llama.cpp
index 179460a4f..e8cfe5012 100644
--- a/src/llama.cpp
+++ b/src/llama.cpp
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ static int llama_model_load(const std::string & fname, std::vector<std::string>
     model.t_start_us = tm.t_start_us;
 
     try {
-        llama_model_loader ml(fname, splits, params.use_mmap, params.check_tensors, params.kv_overrides, params.n_threads);
+        llama_model_loader ml(fname, splits, params.use_mmap, params.check_tensors, params.kv_overrides);
 
         ml.print_info();