diff --git a/src/model.py b/src/model.py
index 80f51320..92a1f59d 100644
--- a/src/model.py
+++ b/src/model.py
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ def create_response(self, vllm_output):
         """
         prompt = vllm_output.prompt
         text_outputs = [
-            (prompt + output.text).encode("utf-8") for output in vllm_output.outputs
+            output.text.encode("utf-8") for output in vllm_output.outputs
         ]
         triton_output_tensor = pb_utils.Tensor(
             "text_output", np.asarray(text_outputs, dtype=self.output_dtype)