From 1d84ba52870c86f77820664bd598060d1db6bb39 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Datta Nimmaturi <venkatadattasainimmaturi@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2026 15:30:06 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Check env var explicitly

Co-authored-by: gemini-code-assist[bot] <176961590+gemini-code-assist[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 unsloth/models/_utils.py | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/unsloth/models/_utils.py b/unsloth/models/_utils.py
index a2e1d78012..3cbb85ff4d 100644
--- a/unsloth/models/_utils.py
+++ b/unsloth/models/_utils.py
@@ -1197,8 +1197,7 @@ def get_statistics(local_files_only = False):
     # You can disable this by setting UNSLOTH_DISABLE_STATISTICS
     import os
 
-    global USE_MODELSCOPE
-    if "UNSLOTH_DISABLE_STATISTICS" in os.environ or USE_MODELSCOPE:
+    if "UNSLOTH_DISABLE_STATISTICS" in os.environ or os.environ.get("UNSLOTH_USE_MODELSCOPE", "0") == "1":
         return
     if local_files_only:
         return