diff --git a/python/pyproject_other.toml b/python/pyproject_other.toml
index fa7ee033a..8ff6476d1 100755
--- a/python/pyproject_other.toml
+++ b/python/pyproject_other.toml
@@ -17,14 +17,16 @@ classifiers = [
 dependencies = ["aiohttp", "IPython", "numpy", "requests", "setproctitle", "tqdm"]
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
-runtime_common = [
+# runtime_base: torch-free subset of runtime_common.
+# Used by srt_empty for device-agnostic install on non-NVIDIA platforms.
+# NOTE: Do NOT add packages that depend on torch/triton here — they belong in runtime_common.
+runtime_base = [
   "aiohttp",
   "anthropic>=0.20.0",
   "apache-tvm-ffi",
   "av",
   "blobfile==3.0.0",
   "build",
-  "compressed-tensors",
   "datasets",
   "easydict",
   "einops",
@@ -42,7 +44,6 @@ runtime_common = [
   "openai==2.6.1",
   "openai-harmony==0.0.4",
   "orjson",
-  "outlines==0.1.11",
   "packaging",
   "partial_json_parser",
   "pillow",
@@ -60,16 +61,29 @@ runtime_common = [
   "smg-grpc-servicer>=0.5.0",
   "soundfile==0.13.1",
   "tiktoken",
-  "timm==1.0.16",
-  "torchao==0.9.0",
   "tqdm",
   "transformers==5.12.1",
   "uvicorn",
   "uvloop",
   "xxhash",
+]
+
+# runtime_common: backward-compatible — same install result as before the split.
+runtime_common = [
+  "sglang[runtime_base]",
+  "compressed-tensors",
+  "outlines==0.1.11",
+  "timm==1.0.16",
+  "torchao==0.9.0",
   "xgrammar==0.2.1",
 ]
 
+# srt_empty: device-agnostic install — pure Python packages only, no torch dependency chain.
+# Enables OOT plugins (e.g. sglang-plugin-FL) to install sglang without conflicting with
+# vendor-specific PyTorch builds (torch_npu, torch_musa, etc.).
+# Usage: cp pyproject_other.toml pyproject.toml && pip install -e ".[srt_empty]"
+srt_empty = ["sglang[runtime_base]"]
+
 diffusion_common = [
   "addict",
   "cloudpickle",
diff --git a/python/sglang/srt/managers/scheduler.py b/python/sglang/srt/managers/scheduler.py
index be5b8a219..42c4de72b 100644
--- a/python/sglang/srt/managers/scheduler.py
+++ b/python/sglang/srt/managers/scheduler.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ from collections import deque
 from contextlib import contextmanager, nullcontext
 from functools import partial
 from http import HTTPStatus
-from typing import Any, Deque, Dict, List, Optional, Tuple, Union
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Deque, Dict, List, Optional, Tuple, Union
 
 from sglang.srt.runtime_context import (
     get_device,
@@ -50,12 +50,17 @@ import psutil  # isort: skip
 import setproctitle
 import torch
 import torch.distributed
-from torch.cuda import Stream as CudaStream
 from torch.distributed import barrier
 
-from sglang.kernels.ops.mamba.triton_ops import (
-    initialize_mamba_selective_state_update_backend,
-)
+if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from torch.cuda import Stream as CudaStream
+
+try:
+    from sglang.kernels.ops.mamba.triton_ops import (
+        initialize_mamba_selective_state_update_backend,
+    )
+except ImportError:
+    initialize_mamba_selective_state_update_backend = None
 from sglang.srt.configs.model_config import (
     ModelConfig,
     ModelImpl,
@@ -851,7 +856,8 @@ class Scheduler(
                 )
 
     def init_mamba_backend(self) -> None:
-        initialize_mamba_selective_state_update_backend(self.server_args)
+        if initialize_mamba_selective_state_update_backend is not None:
+            initialize_mamba_selective_state_update_backend(self.server_args)
 
     def init_moe_gemm_config(self):
         # For the MM models, check the text_config for MoE settings
diff --git a/python/sglang/srt/server_args.py b/python/sglang/srt/server_args.py
index 0094b705a..fdd0d8599 100644
--- a/python/sglang/srt/server_args.py
+++ b/python/sglang/srt/server_args.py
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ import uuid
 from functools import cached_property
 from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, List, Literal, Optional, Union
 
-from sglang.kernels.ops.attention.fla.chunk_delta_h import CHUNK_SIZE as FLA_CHUNK_SIZE
 from sglang.kernels.ops.kv_canary.consts import RealKvHashMode
 from sglang.srt.arg_groups.arg_utils import NS, A, Arg, add_cli_args_from_dataclass
 from sglang.srt.arg_groups.argparse_actions import (
@@ -8675,6 +8674,14 @@ class ServerArgs:
         # It is used to determine the caching point in a sequence during prefill.
         if not hasattr(self, "_mamba_cache_chunk_size"):
 
+            try:
+                from sglang.kernels.ops.attention.fla.chunk_delta_h import (
+                    CHUNK_SIZE as FLA_CHUNK_SIZE,
+                )
+            except ImportError:
+                # Must match sglang.kernels.ops.attention.fla.chunk_delta_h.CHUNK_SIZE
+                FLA_CHUNK_SIZE = 64
+
             hf_config = self.get_model_config().hf_config
             chunk_size = getattr(hf_config, "mamba_chunk_size", FLA_CHUNK_SIZE)
             page_size = resolved_view(self).page_size
diff --git a/test/registered/core/test_srt_empty_deps.py b/test/registered/core/test_srt_empty_deps.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3daeb4e28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/registered/core/test_srt_empty_deps.py
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+# Copyright 2024 SGLang Team
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+"""Test that runtime_base in pyproject_other.toml remains torch-free.
+
+This prevents accidental introduction of packages that transitively pull
+torch/triton into the srt_empty install target.
+"""
+
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import pytest
+
+from sglang.test.ci.ci_register import register_cpu_ci
+
+register_cpu_ci(est_time=10, suite="base-a-test-cpu")
+
+# Packages known to transitively depend on torch or triton.
+# If a new package is added to runtime_base and it pulls torch,
+# add it here and move it to runtime_common instead.
+TORCH_PULLING_PACKAGES = frozenset(
+    {
+        "torch",
+        "torchao",
+        "timm",
+        "xgrammar",
+        "compressed-tensors",
+        "outlines",
+        "flashinfer",
+        "sgl-kernel",
+    }
+)
+
+
+def _parse_runtime_base() -> set:
+    """Parse runtime_base package names from pyproject_other.toml."""
+    # Try tomllib (3.11+) or tomli
+    try:
+        import tomllib
+    except ModuleNotFoundError:
+        import tomli as tomllib  # type: ignore[no-redef]
+
+    toml_path = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[3] / "python" / "pyproject_other.toml"
+    if not toml_path.exists():
+        pytest.skip(f"pyproject_other.toml not found at {toml_path}")
+
+    with open(toml_path, "rb") as f:
+        data = tomllib.load(f)
+
+    runtime_base = data["project"]["optional-dependencies"]["runtime_base"]
+
+    # Extract bare package names (strip version specifiers and extras)
+    pkg_names = set()
+    for dep in runtime_base:
+        # "package[extra]>=1.0,<2.0" -> "package"
+        name = (
+            dep.split("[")[0]
+            .split(">")[0]
+            .split("<")[0]
+            .split("=")[0]
+            .split("!")[0]
+            .split(";")[0]
+            .strip()
+        )
+        pkg_names.add(name.lower())
+
+    return pkg_names
+
+
+def test_runtime_base_no_torch_deps():
+    """runtime_base must not contain packages that pull in torch."""
+    pkg_names = _parse_runtime_base()
+    violations = pkg_names & TORCH_PULLING_PACKAGES
+    assert not violations, (
+        f"runtime_base contains torch-pulling packages: {sorted(violations)}. "
+        f"Move them to runtime_common to keep srt_empty torch-free."
+    )
+
+
+def test_runtime_base_not_empty():
+    """Sanity check: runtime_base should have a reasonable number of packages."""
+    pkg_names = _parse_runtime_base()
+    assert len(pkg_names) >= 20, (
+        f"runtime_base only has {len(pkg_names)} packages, expected >= 20. "
+        f"Did the toml structure change?"
+    )
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    import sys
+
+    sys.exit(pytest.main([__file__, "-v"]))