diff --git a/ollama/_client.py b/ollama/_client.py
index 88fca50..ba07311 100644
--- a/ollama/_client.py
+++ b/ollama/_client.py
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ def _parse_modelfile(self, modelfile: str, base: Optional[Path] = None) -> str:
     out = io.StringIO()
     for line in io.StringIO(modelfile):
       command, _, args = line.partition(' ')
-      if command.upper() not in ['FROM', 'ADAPTER']:
+      if command.upper() not in ['FROM', 'ADAPTER', 'LICENSE', 'TEMPLATE', 'SYSTEM']:
         print(line, end='', file=out)
         continue
 
@@ -568,7 +568,7 @@ async def _parse_modelfile(self, modelfile: str, base: Optional[Path] = None) ->
     out = io.StringIO()
     for line in io.StringIO(modelfile):
       command, _, args = line.partition(' ')
-      if command.upper() not in ['FROM', 'ADAPTER']:
+      if command.upper() not in ['FROM', 'ADAPTER', 'LICENSE', 'TEMPLATE', 'SYSTEM']:
         print(line, end='', file=out)
         continue