diff --git a/tools/server/server.cpp b/tools/server/server.cpp
index 6bd4be3cc17c4..0cf2f767b3319 100644
--- a/tools/server/server.cpp
+++ b/tools/server/server.cpp
@@ -4432,6 +4432,17 @@ static void log_server_request(const httplib::Request & req, const httplib::Resp
     SRV_DBG("response: %s\n", res.body.c_str());
 }
 
+static void res_error(httplib::Response & res, const json & error_data) {
+    json final_response {{"error", error_data}};
+    res.set_content(safe_json_to_str(final_response), MIMETYPE_JSON);
+    res.status = json_value(error_data, "code", 500);
+}
+
+static void res_ok(httplib::Response & res, const json & data) {
+    res.set_content(safe_json_to_str(data), MIMETYPE_JSON);
+    res.status = 200;
+}
+
 std::function<void(int)> shutdown_handler;
 std::atomic_flag is_terminating = ATOMIC_FLAG_INIT;
 
@@ -4501,19 +4512,7 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
 
     svr->set_default_headers({{"Server", "llama.cpp"}});
     svr->set_logger(log_server_request);
-
-    auto res_error = [](httplib::Response & res, const json & error_data) {
-        json final_response {{"error", error_data}};
-        res.set_content(safe_json_to_str(final_response), MIMETYPE_JSON);
-        res.status = json_value(error_data, "code", 500);
-    };
-
-    auto res_ok = [](httplib::Response & res, const json & data) {
-        res.set_content(safe_json_to_str(data), MIMETYPE_JSON);
-        res.status = 200;
-    };
-
-    svr->set_exception_handler([&res_error](const httplib::Request &, httplib::Response & res, const std::exception_ptr & ep) {
+    svr->set_exception_handler([](const httplib::Request &, httplib::Response & res, const std::exception_ptr & ep) {
         std::string message;
         try {
             std::rethrow_exception(ep);
@@ -4532,7 +4531,7 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
         }
     });
 
-    svr->set_error_handler([&res_error](const httplib::Request &, httplib::Response & res) {
+    svr->set_error_handler([](const httplib::Request &, httplib::Response & res) {
         if (res.status == 404) {
             res_error(res, format_error_response("File Not Found", ERROR_TYPE_NOT_FOUND));
         }
@@ -4562,7 +4561,7 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
     // Middlewares
     //
 
-    auto middleware_validate_api_key = [&params, &res_error](const httplib::Request & req, httplib::Response & res) {
+    auto middleware_validate_api_key = [&params](const httplib::Request & req, httplib::Response & res) {
         static const std::unordered_set<std::string> public_endpoints = {
             "/health",
             "/v1/health",
@@ -4600,7 +4599,7 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
         return false;
     };
 
-    auto middleware_server_state = [&res_error, &state](const httplib::Request & req, httplib::Response & res) {
+    auto middleware_server_state = [&state](const httplib::Request & req, httplib::Response & res) {
         server_state current_state = state.load();
         if (current_state == SERVER_STATE_LOADING_MODEL) {
             auto tmp = string_split<std::string>(req.path, '.');
@@ -4788,7 +4787,7 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
         res.status = 200; // HTTP OK
     };
 
-    const auto handle_slots_save = [&ctx_server, &res_error, &res_ok, &params](const httplib::Request & req, httplib::Response & res, int id_slot) {
+    const auto handle_slots_save = [&ctx_server, &params](const httplib::Request & req, httplib::Response & res, int id_slot) {
         json request_data = json::parse(req.body);
         std::string filename = request_data.at("filename");
         if (!fs_validate_filename(filename)) {
@@ -4820,7 +4819,7 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
         res_ok(res, result->to_json());
     };
 
-    const auto handle_slots_restore = [&ctx_server, &res_error, &res_ok, &params](const httplib::Request & req, httplib::Response & res, int id_slot) {
+    const auto handle_slots_restore = [&ctx_server, &params](const httplib::Request & req, httplib::Response & res, int id_slot) {
         json request_data = json::parse(req.body);
         std::string filename = request_data.at("filename");
         if (!fs_validate_filename(filename)) {
@@ -4853,7 +4852,7 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
         res_ok(res, result->to_json());
     };
 
-    const auto handle_slots_erase = [&ctx_server, &res_error, &res_ok](const httplib::Request & /* req */, httplib::Response & res, int id_slot) {
+    const auto handle_slots_erase = [&ctx_server](const httplib::Request & /* req */, httplib::Response & res, int id_slot) {
         int task_id = ctx_server.queue_tasks.get_new_id();
         {
             server_task task(SERVER_TASK_TYPE_SLOT_ERASE);
@@ -4876,7 +4875,7 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
         res_ok(res, result->to_json());
     };
 
-    const auto handle_slots_action = [&params, &res_error, &handle_slots_save, &handle_slots_restore, &handle_slots_erase](const httplib::Request & req, httplib::Response & res) {
+    const auto handle_slots_action = [&params, &handle_slots_save, &handle_slots_restore, &handle_slots_erase](const httplib::Request & req, httplib::Response & res) {
         if (params.slot_save_path.empty()) {
             res_error(res, format_error_response("This server does not support slots action. Start it with `--slot-save-path`", ERROR_TYPE_NOT_SUPPORTED));
             return;
@@ -4905,7 +4904,7 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
         }
     };
 
-    const auto handle_props = [&params, &ctx_server, &res_ok](const httplib::Request &, httplib::Response & res) {
+    const auto handle_props = [&params, &ctx_server](const httplib::Request &, httplib::Response & res) {
         json default_generation_settings_for_props;
 
         {
@@ -4947,7 +4946,7 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
         res_ok(res, data);
     };
 
-    const auto handle_props_change = [&ctx_server, &res_error, &res_ok](const httplib::Request & req, httplib::Response & res) {
+    const auto handle_props_change = [&ctx_server](const httplib::Request & req, httplib::Response & res) {
         if (!ctx_server.params_base.endpoint_props) {
             res_error(res, format_error_response("This server does not support changing global properties. Start it with `--props`", ERROR_TYPE_NOT_SUPPORTED));
             return;
@@ -4960,7 +4959,7 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
         res_ok(res, {{ "success", true }});
     };
 
-    const auto handle_api_show = [&ctx_server, &res_ok](const httplib::Request &, httplib::Response & res) {
+    const auto handle_api_show = [&ctx_server](const httplib::Request &, httplib::Response & res) {
         bool has_mtmd = ctx_server.mctx != nullptr;
         json data = {
             {
@@ -4991,7 +4990,7 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
 
     // handle completion-like requests (completion, chat, infill)
     // we can optionally provide a custom format for partial results and final results
-    const auto handle_completions_impl = [&ctx_server, &res_error, &res_ok](
+    const auto handle_completions_impl = [&ctx_server](
             server_task_type type,
             json & data,
             const std::vector<raw_buffer> & files,
@@ -5139,7 +5138,7 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
             OAICOMPAT_TYPE_COMPLETION);
     };
 
-    const auto handle_infill = [&ctx_server, &res_error, &handle_completions_impl](const httplib::Request & req, httplib::Response & res) {
+    const auto handle_infill = [&ctx_server, &handle_completions_impl](const httplib::Request & req, httplib::Response & res) {
         // check model compatibility
         std::string err;
         if (llama_vocab_fim_pre(ctx_server.vocab) == LLAMA_TOKEN_NULL) {
@@ -5238,7 +5237,7 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
     };
 
     // same with handle_chat_completions, but without inference part
-    const auto handle_apply_template = [&ctx_server, &res_ok](const httplib::Request & req, httplib::Response & res) {
+    const auto handle_apply_template = [&ctx_server](const httplib::Request & req, httplib::Response & res) {
         auto body = json::parse(req.body);
         std::vector<raw_buffer> files; // dummy, unused
         json data = oaicompat_chat_params_parse(
@@ -5248,7 +5247,7 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
         res_ok(res, {{ "prompt", std::move(data.at("prompt")) }});
     };
 
-    const auto handle_models = [&params, &ctx_server, &state, &res_ok](const httplib::Request &, httplib::Response & res) {
+    const auto handle_models = [&params, &ctx_server, &state](const httplib::Request &, httplib::Response & res) {
         server_state current_state = state.load();
         json model_meta = nullptr;
         if (current_state == SERVER_STATE_READY) {
@@ -5293,7 +5292,7 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
         res_ok(res, models);
     };
 
-    const auto handle_tokenize = [&ctx_server, &res_ok](const httplib::Request & req, httplib::Response & res) {
+    const auto handle_tokenize = [&ctx_server](const httplib::Request & req, httplib::Response & res) {
         const json body = json::parse(req.body);
 
         json tokens_response = json::array();
@@ -5334,7 +5333,7 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
         res_ok(res, data);
     };
 
-    const auto handle_detokenize = [&ctx_server, &res_ok](const httplib::Request & req, httplib::Response & res) {
+    const auto handle_detokenize = [&ctx_server](const httplib::Request & req, httplib::Response & res) {
         const json body = json::parse(req.body);
 
         std::string content;
@@ -5347,7 +5346,7 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
         res_ok(res, data);
     };
 
-    const auto handle_embeddings_impl = [&ctx_server, &res_error, &res_ok](const httplib::Request & req, httplib::Response & res, oaicompat_type oaicompat) {
+    const auto handle_embeddings_impl = [&ctx_server](const httplib::Request & req, httplib::Response & res, oaicompat_type oaicompat) {
         if (!ctx_server.params_base.embedding) {
             res_error(res, format_error_response("This server does not support embeddings. Start it with `--embeddings`", ERROR_TYPE_NOT_SUPPORTED));
             return;
@@ -5457,7 +5456,7 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
         handle_embeddings_impl(req, res, OAICOMPAT_TYPE_EMBEDDING);
     };
 
-    const auto handle_rerank = [&ctx_server, &res_error, &res_ok](const httplib::Request & req, httplib::Response & res) {
+    const auto handle_rerank = [&ctx_server](const httplib::Request & req, httplib::Response & res) {
         if (!ctx_server.params_base.embedding || ctx_server.params_base.pooling_type != LLAMA_POOLING_TYPE_RANK) {
             res_error(res, format_error_response("This server does not support reranking. Start it with `--reranking`", ERROR_TYPE_NOT_SUPPORTED));
             return;