diff --git a/comfy/checkpoint_pickle.py b/comfy/checkpoint_pickle.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 206551d3c..000000000
--- a/comfy/checkpoint_pickle.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-import pickle
-
-load = pickle.load
-
-class Empty:
-    pass
-
-class Unpickler(pickle.Unpickler):
-    def find_class(self, module, name):
-        #TODO: safe unpickle
-        if module.startswith("pytorch_lightning"):
-            return Empty
-        return super().find_class(module, name)
diff --git a/comfy/utils.py b/comfy/utils.py
index d553a7c1b..c1ce540b5 100644
--- a/comfy/utils.py
+++ b/comfy/utils.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 import torch
 import math
 import struct
-import comfy.checkpoint_pickle
+import comfy.memory_management
 import safetensors.torch
 import numpy as np
 from PIL import Image
@@ -38,26 +38,26 @@ import warnings
 MMAP_TORCH_FILES = args.mmap_torch_files
 DISABLE_MMAP = args.disable_mmap
 
-ALWAYS_SAFE_LOAD = False
-if hasattr(torch.serialization, "add_safe_globals"):  # TODO: this was added in pytorch 2.4, the unsafe path should be removed once earlier versions are deprecated
+
+if True:  # ckpt/pt file whitelist for safe loading of old sd files
     class ModelCheckpoint:
         pass
     ModelCheckpoint.__module__ = "pytorch_lightning.callbacks.model_checkpoint"
 
     def scalar(*args, **kwargs):
-        from numpy.core.multiarray import scalar as sc
-        return sc(*args, **kwargs)
+        return None
     scalar.__module__ = "numpy.core.multiarray"
 
     from numpy import dtype
     from numpy.dtypes import Float64DType
-    from _codecs import encode
+
+    def encode(*args, **kwargs):  # no longer necessary on newer torch
+        return None
+    encode.__module__ = "_codecs"
 
     torch.serialization.add_safe_globals([ModelCheckpoint, scalar, dtype, Float64DType, encode])
-    ALWAYS_SAFE_LOAD = True
     logging.info("Checkpoint files will always be loaded safely.")
-else:
-    logging.warning("Warning, you are using an old pytorch version and some ckpt/pt files might be loaded unsafely. Upgrading to 2.4 or above is recommended as older versions of pytorch are no longer supported.")
+
 
 # Current as of safetensors 0.7.0
 _TYPES = {
@@ -140,11 +140,8 @@ def load_torch_file(ckpt, safe_load=False, device=None, return_metadata=False):
         if MMAP_TORCH_FILES:
             torch_args["mmap"] = True
 
-        if safe_load or ALWAYS_SAFE_LOAD:
-            pl_sd = torch.load(ckpt, map_location=device, weights_only=True, **torch_args)
-        else:
-            logging.warning("WARNING: loading {} unsafely, upgrade your pytorch to 2.4 or newer to load this file safely.".format(ckpt))
-            pl_sd = torch.load(ckpt, map_location=device, pickle_module=comfy.checkpoint_pickle)
+        pl_sd = torch.load(ckpt, map_location=device, weights_only=True, **torch_args)
+
         if "state_dict" in pl_sd:
             sd = pl_sd["state_dict"]
         else: