diff --git a/src/opengradient/client/llm.py b/src/opengradient/client/llm.py
index e7e5337..360c18f 100644
--- a/src/opengradient/client/llm.py
+++ b/src/opengradient/client/llm.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 from x402.mechanisms.evm.exact.register import register_exact_evm_client
 from x402.mechanisms.evm.upto.register import register_upto_evm_client
 
-from ..types import TEE_LLM, ResponseFormat, StreamChoice, StreamChunk, StreamDelta, TextGenerationOutput, x402SettlementMode
+from ..types import TEE_LLM, ResponseFormat, StreamChunk, TextGenerationOutput, x402SettlementMode
 from .opg_token import Permit2ApprovalResult, ensure_opg_approval
 from .tee_connection import RegistryTEEConnection, StaticTEEConnection, TEEConnectionInterface
 from .tee_registry import TEERegistry
@@ -366,11 +366,6 @@ async def chat(
         if not stream:
             return await self._chat_request(params, messages)
 
-        # The TEE streaming endpoint omits tool call content from SSE events.
-        # Fall back to non-streaming and emit a single final StreamChunk.
-        if tools:
-            return self._chat_tools_as_stream(params, messages)
-
         return self._chat_stream(params, messages)
 
     # ── Chat internals ──────────────────────────────────────────────────
@@ -424,31 +419,6 @@ async def _request() -> TextGenerationOutput:
         except Exception as e:
             raise RuntimeError(f"TEE LLM chat failed: {e}") from e
 
-    async def _chat_tools_as_stream(self, params: _ChatParams, messages: List[Dict]) -> AsyncGenerator[StreamChunk, None]:
-        """Non-streaming fallback for tool-call requests wrapped as a single StreamChunk."""
-        result = await self._chat_request(params, messages)
-        chat_output = result.chat_output or {}
-        yield StreamChunk(
-            choices=[
-                StreamChoice(
-                    delta=StreamDelta(
-                        role=chat_output.get("role"),
-                        content=chat_output.get("content"),
-                        tool_calls=chat_output.get("tool_calls"),
-                    ),
-                    index=0,
-                    finish_reason=result.finish_reason,
-                )
-            ],
-            model=params.model,
-            is_final=True,
-            tee_signature=result.tee_signature,
-            tee_timestamp=result.tee_timestamp,
-            tee_id=result.tee_id,
-            tee_endpoint=result.tee_endpoint,
-            tee_payment_address=result.tee_payment_address,
-        )
-
     async def _chat_stream(self, params: _ChatParams, messages: List[Dict]) -> AsyncGenerator[StreamChunk, None]:
         """Async SSE streaming implementation."""
         self._tee.ensure_refresh_loop()
diff --git a/tests/llm_test.py b/tests/llm_test.py
index 5309f28..9bb8e86 100644
--- a/tests/llm_test.py
+++ b/tests/llm_test.py
@@ -461,19 +461,19 @@ async def test_stream_error_raises(self, fake_http):
         with pytest.raises(RuntimeError, match="streaming request failed"):
             _ = [chunk async for chunk in gen]
 
-    async def test_tools_with_stream_falls_back_to_single_chunk(self, fake_http):
-        """When tools + stream=True, LLM falls back to non-streaming and yields one chunk."""
+    async def test_tools_with_stream_uses_sse_chunks(self, fake_http):
+        """When tools + stream=True, tool call deltas are streamed through SSE."""
         tools = [{"type": "function", "function": {"name": "f"}}]
-        fake_http.set_response(
+        fake_http.set_stream_response(
             200,
-            {
-                "choices": [
-                    {
-                        "message": {"role": "assistant", "content": None, "tool_calls": [{"id": "tc1"}]},
-                        "finish_reason": "tool_calls",
-                    }
-                ],
-            },
+            [
+                (
+                    b'data: {"model":"gpt-5","choices":[{"index":0,"delta":{"role":"assistant","tool_calls":'
+                    b'[{"id":"tc1","index":0,"function":{"name":"f","arguments":"{\\"city\\":\\"NYC\\"}"}}]},'
+                    b'"finish_reason":"tool_calls"}]}\n\n'
+                ),
+                b"data: [DONE]\n\n",
+            ],
         )
         llm = _make_llm()
 
@@ -487,7 +487,13 @@ async def test_tools_with_stream_falls_back_to_single_chunk(self, fake_http):
 
         assert len(chunks) == 1
         assert chunks[0].is_final
-        assert chunks[0].choices[0].delta.tool_calls == [{"id": "tc1"}]
+        assert chunks[0].choices[0].delta.tool_calls == [
+            {
+                "id": "tc1",
+                "index": 0,
+                "function": {"name": "f", "arguments": '{"city":"NYC"}'},
+            }
+        ]
         assert chunks[0].choices[0].finish_reason == "tool_calls"