diff --git a/backend/danswer/llm/answering/answer.py b/backend/danswer/llm/answering/answer.py
index 922d757d3eb..5cddadeb2db 100644
--- a/backend/danswer/llm/answering/answer.py
+++ b/backend/danswer/llm/answering/answer.py
@@ -316,7 +316,9 @@ def _raw_output_for_explicit_tool_calling_llms(
 
             yield from self._process_llm_stream(
                 prompt=prompt,
-                tools=[tool.tool_definition() for tool in self.tools],
+                # as of now, we don't support multiple tool calls in sequence, which is why
+                # we don't need to pass this in here
+                # tools=[tool.tool_definition() for tool in self.tools],
             )
 
             return