diff --git a/src/khoj/processor/conversation/anthropic/utils.py b/src/khoj/processor/conversation/anthropic/utils.py
index c466223e..6dc8c861 100644
--- a/src/khoj/processor/conversation/anthropic/utils.py
+++ b/src/khoj/processor/conversation/anthropic/utils.py
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ def anthropic_completion_with_backoff(
         client = get_anthropic_client(api_key, api_base_url)
         anthropic_clients[api_key] = client
 
-    formatted_messages, system_prompt = format_messages_for_anthropic(messages, system_prompt)
+    formatted_messages, system = format_messages_for_anthropic(messages, system_prompt)
 
     aggregated_response = ""
     if response_type == "json_object" and not deepthought:
@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@ def anthropic_completion_with_backoff(
 
     final_message = None
     model_kwargs = model_kwargs or dict()
-    if system_prompt:
-        model_kwargs["system"] = system_prompt
+    if system:
+        model_kwargs["system"] = system
 
     max_tokens = max_tokens or DEFAULT_MAX_TOKENS_ANTHROPIC
     if deepthought and is_reasoning_model(model_name):
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ async def anthropic_chat_completion_with_backoff(
         # Temperature control not supported when using extended thinking
         temperature = 1.0
 
-    formatted_messages, system_prompt = format_messages_for_anthropic(messages, system_prompt)
+    formatted_messages, system = format_messages_for_anthropic(messages, system_prompt)
 
     aggregated_response = ""
     response_started = False
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ async def anthropic_chat_completion_with_backoff(
         messages=formatted_messages,
         model=model_name,  # type: ignore
         temperature=temperature,
-        system=system_prompt,
+        system=system,
         timeout=20,
         max_tokens=max_tokens,
         **model_kwargs,
diff --git a/src/khoj/processor/conversation/google/utils.py b/src/khoj/processor/conversation/google/utils.py
index a72b8b84..65cee030 100644
--- a/src/khoj/processor/conversation/google/utils.py
+++ b/src/khoj/processor/conversation/google/utils.py
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ def gemini_completion_with_backoff(
         client = get_gemini_client(api_key, api_base_url)
         gemini_clients[api_key] = client
 
-    formatted_messages, system_prompt = format_messages_for_gemini(messages, system_prompt)
+    formatted_messages, system_instruction = format_messages_for_gemini(messages, system_prompt)
 
     # format model response schema
     response_schema = None
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ def gemini_completion_with_backoff(
 
     seed = int(os.getenv("KHOJ_LLM_SEED")) if os.getenv("KHOJ_LLM_SEED") else None
     config = gtypes.GenerateContentConfig(
-        system_instruction=system_prompt,
+        system_instruction=system_instruction,
         temperature=temperature,
         thinking_config=thinking_config,
         max_output_tokens=MAX_OUTPUT_TOKENS_GEMINI,
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ async def gemini_chat_completion_with_backoff(
         client = get_gemini_client(api_key, api_base_url)
         gemini_clients[api_key] = client
 
-    formatted_messages, system_prompt = format_messages_for_gemini(messages, system_prompt)
+    formatted_messages, system_instruction = format_messages_for_gemini(messages, system_prompt)
 
     thinking_config = None
     if deepthought and model_name.startswith("gemini-2-5"):
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ async def gemini_chat_completion_with_backoff(
 
     seed = int(os.getenv("KHOJ_LLM_SEED")) if os.getenv("KHOJ_LLM_SEED") else None
     config = gtypes.GenerateContentConfig(
-        system_instruction=system_prompt,
+        system_instruction=system_instruction,
         temperature=temperature,
         thinking_config=thinking_config,
         max_output_tokens=MAX_OUTPUT_TOKENS_GEMINI,