diff --git a/genkit-tools/common/src/eval/evaluate.ts b/genkit-tools/common/src/eval/evaluate.ts
index 8bbc6607ba..d7b391f91d 100644
--- a/genkit-tools/common/src/eval/evaluate.ts
+++ b/genkit-tools/common/src/eval/evaluate.ts
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ import {
 import {
   evaluatorName,
   generateTestCaseId,
-  getAction,
   getEvalExtractors,
   getModelInput,
   hasAction,
@@ -67,6 +66,8 @@ interface FullInferenceSample {
 
 const SUPPORTED_ACTION_TYPES = ['flow', 'model', 'executable-prompt'] as const;
 type SupportedActionType = (typeof SUPPORTED_ACTION_TYPES)[number];
+const GENERATE_ACTION_UTIL = '/util/generate';
+
 /**
  * Starts a new evaluation run. Intended to be used via the reflection API.
  */
@@ -385,14 +386,16 @@ async function runPromptAction(params: {
   promptConfig?: any;
 }): Promise<InferenceRunState> {
   const { manager, actionRef, sample, context, promptConfig } = { ...params };
-
-  const { model: modelFromConfig, ...restOfConfig } = promptConfig ?? {};
-  const model = await resolveModel({ manager, actionRef, modelFromConfig });
-  if (!model) {
+  const { model: modelFromConfig, ...restOfConfig } = promptConfig;
+  if (!modelFromConfig) {
     throw new Error(
-      'Could not resolve model. Please specify model and try again'
+      'Missing model: Please specific model for prompt evaluation'
     );
   }
+  const model = modelFromConfig.split('/model/').pop();
+  if (!model) {
+    throw new Error(`Improper model provided: ${modelFromConfig}`);
+  }
   let state: InferenceRunState;
   let renderedPrompt: {
     result: GenerateActionOptions;
@@ -430,11 +433,14 @@ async function runPromptAction(params: {
   // Step 2. Run rendered prompt on the model
   try {
     let modelInput = renderedPrompt.result;
-    if (restOfConfig) {
-      modelInput = { ...modelInput, config: restOfConfig };
+    // Override with runtime specific config
+    if (Object.keys(restOfConfig ?? {}).length > 0) {
+      modelInput = { ...modelInput, model, config: restOfConfig };
+    } else {
+      modelInput = { ...modelInput, model };
     }
     const runActionResponse = await manager.runAction({
-      key: model,
+      key: GENERATE_ACTION_UTIL,
       input: modelInput,
     });
     const traceIds = runActionResponse.telemetry?.traceId
@@ -541,23 +547,6 @@ async function gatherEvalInput(params: {
   };
 }
 
-async function resolveModel(params: {
-  manager: RuntimeManager;
-  actionRef: string;
-  modelFromConfig?: string;
-}) {
-  const { manager, actionRef, modelFromConfig } = { ...params };
-
-  // Prefer to use modelFromConfig
-  if (modelFromConfig) {
-    return modelFromConfig;
-  }
-
-  const actionData = await getAction({ manager, actionRef });
-  const promptMetadata = actionData?.metadata?.prompt as any;
-  return promptMetadata?.model ? `/model/${promptMetadata?.model}` : undefined;
-}
-
 function getSpanErrorMessage(span: SpanData): string | undefined {
   if (span && span.status?.code === 2 /* SpanStatusCode.ERROR */) {
     // It's possible for a trace to have multiple exception events,
diff --git a/js/testapps/evals/prompts/hello.prompt b/js/testapps/evals/prompts/hello.prompt
index 0ef26c9c6d..c51d31d169 100644
--- a/js/testapps/evals/prompts/hello.prompt
+++ b/js/testapps/evals/prompts/hello.prompt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
-model: googleai/gemini-2.5-flash
 config:
   temperature: 0.75
+  topK: 10
 input:
   schema:
     query: string