diff --git a/src/ggml_extend.hpp b/src/ggml_extend.hpp
index 859270cb..ac0ce45d 100644
--- a/src/ggml_extend.hpp
+++ b/src/ggml_extend.hpp
@@ -1356,13 +1356,9 @@ __STATIC_INLINE__ ggml_tensor* ggml_ext_attention_ext(ggml_context* ctx,
 
     float scale = (1.0f / sqrt((float)d_head));
 
-    int kv_pad       = 0;
     ggml_tensor* kqv = nullptr;
 
     auto build_kqv = [&](ggml_tensor* q_in, ggml_tensor* k_in, ggml_tensor* v_in, ggml_tensor* mask_in) -> ggml_tensor* {
-        if (kv_pad != 0) {
-            k_in = ggml_pad(ctx, k_in, 0, kv_pad, 0, 0);
-        }
         if (kv_scale != 1.0f) {
             k_in = ggml_ext_scale(ctx, k_in, kv_scale);
         }
@@ -1370,9 +1366,6 @@ __STATIC_INLINE__ ggml_tensor* ggml_ext_attention_ext(ggml_context* ctx,
 
         v_in = ggml_ext_cont(ctx, ggml_permute(ctx, v_in, 0, 2, 1, 3));
         v_in = ggml_reshape_3d(ctx, v_in, d_head, L_k, n_kv_head * N);
-        if (kv_pad != 0) {
-            v_in = ggml_pad(ctx, v_in, 0, kv_pad, 0, 0);
-        }
         if (kv_scale != 1.0f) {
             v_in = ggml_ext_scale(ctx, v_in, kv_scale);
         }
@@ -1380,26 +1373,9 @@ __STATIC_INLINE__ ggml_tensor* ggml_ext_attention_ext(ggml_context* ctx,
 
         if (mask_in != nullptr) {
             mask_in = ggml_transpose(ctx, mask_in);
-        } else {
-            if (kv_pad > 0) {
-                mask_in         = ggml_ext_zeros(ctx, L_k, L_q, 1, 1);
-                auto pad_tensor = ggml_ext_full(ctx, -INFINITY, kv_pad, L_q, 1, 1);
-                mask_in         = ggml_concat(ctx, mask_in, pad_tensor, 0);
-            }
         }
 
         if (mask_in != nullptr) {
-            // the need for padding got removed in ggml 4767bda
-            // ensure we can still use the old version for now
-#ifdef GGML_KQ_MASK_PAD
-            int mask_pad = 0;
-            if (mask_in->ne[1] % GGML_KQ_MASK_PAD != 0) {
-                mask_pad = GGML_PAD(L_q, GGML_KQ_MASK_PAD) - mask_in->ne[1];
-            }
-            if (mask_pad > 0) {
-                mask_in = ggml_pad(ctx, mask_in, 0, mask_pad, 0, 0);
-            }
-#endif
             mask_in = ggml_cast(ctx, mask_in, GGML_TYPE_F16);
         }
 
@@ -1414,10 +1390,6 @@ __STATIC_INLINE__ ggml_tensor* ggml_ext_attention_ext(ggml_context* ctx,
     if (flash_attn) {
         // LOG_DEBUG("attention_ext L_q:%d L_k:%d n_head:%d C:%d d_head:%d N:%d", L_q, L_k, n_head, C, d_head, N);
         bool can_use_flash_attn = true;
-        if (can_use_flash_attn && L_k % 256 != 0) {
-            kv_pad = GGML_PAD(L_k, 256) - static_cast<int>(L_k);
-        }
-
         if (mask != nullptr) {
             // TODO: figure out if we can bend t5 to work too
             can_use_flash_attn = can_use_flash_attn && mask->ne[3] == 1;