diff --git a/packages/opencode/src/provider/provider.ts b/packages/opencode/src/provider/provider.ts
index 022ec316795..2f61d560fb3 100644
--- a/packages/opencode/src/provider/provider.ts
+++ b/packages/opencode/src/provider/provider.ts
@@ -998,7 +998,7 @@ export namespace Provider {
         if (modelID === "gpt-5-chat-latest" || (providerID === "openrouter" && modelID === "openai/gpt-5-chat"))
           delete provider.models[modelID]
         if (model.status === "alpha" && !Flag.OPENCODE_ENABLE_EXPERIMENTAL_MODELS) delete provider.models[modelID]
-        if (model.status === "deprecated") delete provider.models[modelID]
+        if (model.status === "deprecated" && !configProvider?.whitelist?.includes(modelID)) delete provider.models[modelID]
         if (
           (configProvider?.blacklist && configProvider.blacklist.includes(modelID)) ||
           (configProvider?.whitelist && !configProvider.whitelist.includes(modelID))