diff --git a/unsloth/models/rl.py b/unsloth/models/rl.py
index 0605467203..fa95a809b2 100644
--- a/unsloth/models/rl.py
+++ b/unsloth/models/rl.py
@@ -43,31 +43,10 @@ torch_compile_options = {
     "triton.cudagraphs": False,
 }
 
-# vLLM compatibility shim (TRL expects GuidedDecodingParams even if vLLM doesn't provide it)
-try:
-    import vllm.sampling_params as _unsloth_vllm_sp
-
-    if not hasattr(_unsloth_vllm_sp, "GuidedDecodingParams"):
-
-        class GuidedDecodingParams:
-            def __init__(self, **kwargs):
-                self.kwargs = kwargs
-
-        _unsloth_vllm_sp.GuidedDecodingParams = GuidedDecodingParams
-except Exception:
-    pass
-
-from trl import __version__ as trl_version_raw
-from importlib.metadata import version as importlib_version
+from trl import __version__ as trl_version
 from unsloth_zoo.utils import Version
 
-try:
-    trl_version = Version(trl_version_raw)
-except Exception:
-    try:
-        trl_version = Version(importlib_version("trl"))
-    except Exception:
-        trl_version = Version("0.0.0")
+trl_version = Version(trl_version)
 
 
 def vLLMSamplingParams(**kwargs):
@@ -241,7 +220,7 @@ RLTrainer_replacement = '''
 import os
 from typing import *
 from dataclasses import dataclass, field
-from unsloth_zoo.utils import Version
+from packaging.version import Version
 import torch
 import numpy as np
 from contextlib import nullcontext