diff --git a/app/asr_models/asr_model.py b/app/asr_models/asr_model.py
index 2c6fbf097a7e64b4ee73cddeb7c338993f7b8603..819a0c6a694ee9863459c2af7e6e3c86ab6e66aa 100644
--- a/app/asr_models/asr_model.py
+++ b/app/asr_models/asr_model.py
@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@ class ASRModel(ABC):
     last_activity_time = time.time()
 
     def __init__(self):
-        # Flag indicating if a transcription is currently running
-        self.transcription_active = False
+        pass
 
     @abstractmethod
     def load_model(self):
diff --git a/app/asr_models/faster_whisper_engine.py b/app/asr_models/faster_whisper_engine.py
index 3c9c8b53c0228e1b02951c814dad5e245a8d6198..fa5c1f3b7981e8ba0df9d013cc8809397104dc1d 100644
--- a/app/asr_models/faster_whisper_engine.py
+++ b/app/asr_models/faster_whisper_engine.py
@@ -35,8 +35,6 @@ class FasterWhisperASR(ASRModel):
             options: Union[dict, None],
             output,
     ):
-        # Mark transcription as active
-        self.transcription_active = True
         # Update last activity timestamp
         self.last_activity_time = time.time()
 
@@ -65,8 +63,6 @@ class FasterWhisperASR(ASRModel):
         output_file = StringIO()
         self.write_result(result, output_file, output)
         output_file.seek(0)
-        # Mark transcription as completed
-        self.transcription_active = False
 
         return output_file
 
diff --git a/app/asr_models/mbain_whisperx_engine.py b/app/asr_models/mbain_whisperx_engine.py
index 458b5bc4c7ad77b3a86352d915b683d7d8cfc5a3..7ee98a8e832bba68bc14d2c05cf986112f6a8875 100644
--- a/app/asr_models/mbain_whisperx_engine.py
+++ b/app/asr_models/mbain_whisperx_engine.py
@@ -48,8 +48,6 @@ class WhisperXASR(ASRModel):
         options: Union[dict, None],
         output,
     ):
-        # Mark transcription as active
-        self.transcription_active = True
         # Update last activity timestamp
         self.last_activity_time = time.time()
         with self.model_lock:
@@ -91,8 +89,6 @@ class WhisperXASR(ASRModel):
         output_file = StringIO()
         self.write_result(result, output_file, output)
         output_file.seek(0)
-        # Mark transcription as completed
-        self.transcription_active = False
 
         return output_file
 
diff --git a/app/asr_models/openai_whisper_engine.py b/app/asr_models/openai_whisper_engine.py
index a82ec7fdbcf36abeacd325d48047c1d03d26a489..9bcdf32dcfc52b09355d3d78c7c55fd58256254e 100644
--- a/app/asr_models/openai_whisper_engine.py
+++ b/app/asr_models/openai_whisper_engine.py
@@ -33,8 +33,6 @@ class OpenAIWhisperASR(ASRModel):
         options: Union[dict, None],
         output,
     ):
-        # Mark transcription as active
-        self.transcription_active = True
         # Update last activity timestamp
         self.last_activity_time = time.time()
 
@@ -55,8 +53,6 @@ class OpenAIWhisperASR(ASRModel):
         output_file = StringIO()
         self.write_result(result, output_file, output)
         output_file.seek(0)
-        # Mark transcription as completed
-        self.transcription_active = False
 
         return output_file