diff --git a/src-tauri/Cargo.toml b/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
index 2f457a2..0d2f752 100644
--- a/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
@@ -57,11 +57,6 @@ serde_json = "1"
 tokio = { version = "1", features = ["rt", "sync"] }
 arboard = "3.6.1"
 
-# Runtime shared-library probe for the Vulkan loader (active compute
-# device detection, brief item #1). We do not call any vulkan symbols
-# — we only need to answer "is libvulkan resolvable from the loader's
-# default search path right now?".
-libloading = "0.8"
 
 # SqlitePool is named directly from src-tauri/src/lib.rs (the AppState
 # stores it). Must be unconditional, not Linux-only — naming a type from
diff --git a/src-tauri/src/commands/models.rs b/src-tauri/src/commands/models.rs
index bd0b741..3d9b879 100644
--- a/src-tauri/src/commands/models.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/src/commands/models.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use tauri::Emitter;
 use crate::commands::security::ensure_main_window;
 use crate::AppState;
 use magnotia_core::constants::WHISPER_SAMPLE_RATE;
-use magnotia_core::hardware::{self, CpuFeatures};
+use magnotia_core::hardware::{self, vulkan_loader_available, CpuFeatures};
 use magnotia_core::model_registry::{self, Engine, LanguageSupport, ModelEntry};
 use magnotia_core::types::{AudioSamples, ModelId, TranscriptionOptions};
 #[cfg(feature = "whisper")]
@@ -319,35 +319,6 @@ pub struct LanguageSupportInfo {
     pub language_count: u16,
 }
 
-/// Best-effort probe for the Vulkan loader shared library.
-///
-/// whisper.cpp's Vulkan backend refuses to initialise if `vulkan-1.dll`
-/// (Windows) / `libvulkan.so.1` (Linux) / the MoltenVK bundle (macOS)
-/// is missing at runtime. We probe via `libloading::Library::new`;
-/// failure means whisper.cpp will silently drop back to CPU, and the
-/// user deserves to know before they start wondering why a 14-second
-/// clip takes two minutes.
-fn vulkan_loader_available() -> bool {
-    #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
-    let candidates: &[&str] = &["libvulkan.so.1", "libvulkan.so"];
-    #[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
-    let candidates: &[&str] = &["vulkan-1.dll"];
-    #[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
-    let candidates: &[&str] = &["libvulkan.1.dylib", "libMoltenVK.dylib"];
-    #[cfg(not(any(target_os = "linux", target_os = "windows", target_os = "macos")))]
-    let candidates: &[&str] = &[];
-
-    for name in candidates {
-        // SAFETY: libloading::Library::new loads a shared library and returns
-        // a handle that is dropped at the end of this iteration. No symbols
-        // from it are called, so we just need the open-for-probe semantics.
-        match unsafe { libloading::Library::new(*name) } {
-            Ok(_lib) => return true,
-            Err(_) => continue,
-        }
-    }
-    false
-}
 
 /// Compile-time target signalling used by `compose_accelerators`.
 /// Split out so the pure-function behaviour is testable without `cfg!`