diff --git a/notebooks/youtube_transcript_search.ipynb b/notebooks/youtube_transcript_search.ipynb
index 7174de89..206c277a 100644
--- a/notebooks/youtube_transcript_search.ipynb
+++ b/notebooks/youtube_transcript_search.ipynb
@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
    "execution_count": 10,
-   "id": "421a678d",
+   "id": "c71f5b31",
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
@@ -510,7 +510,7 @@
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
    "execution_count": 11,
-   "id": "80b160f0",
+   "id": "603ba92c",
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@
   {
    "cell_type": "code",
    "execution_count": 12,
-   "id": "7c3ed619",
+   "id": "80db5c15",
    "metadata": {},
    "outputs": [],
    "source": [
diff --git a/python/lancedb/embeddings.py b/python/lancedb/embeddings.py
index 0f7c1eb6..b0457ae3 100644
--- a/python/lancedb/embeddings.py
+++ b/python/lancedb/embeddings.py
@@ -52,23 +52,36 @@ class EmbeddingFunction:
 
     def __call__(self, text):
         # Get the embedding with retry
-        @retry(**self.retry_kwargs)
-        def embed_func(c):
-            return self.func(c.tolist())
+        if len(self.retry_kwargs) > 0:
 
-        max_calls = self.rate_limiter_kwargs["max_calls"]
-        limiter = ratelimiter.RateLimiter(
-            max_calls, period=self.rate_limiter_kwargs["period"]
-        )
-        rate_limited = limiter(embed_func)
+            @retry(**self.retry_kwargs)
+            def embed_func(c):
+                return self.func(c.tolist())
+
+        else:
+
+            def embed_func(c):
+                return self.func(c.tolist())
+
+        if len(self.rate_limiter_kwargs) > 0:
+            max_calls = self.rate_limiter_kwargs["max_calls"]
+            limiter = ratelimiter.RateLimiter(
+                max_calls, period=self.rate_limiter_kwargs["period"]
+            )
+            embed_func = limiter(embed_func)
         batches = self.to_batches(text)
-        embeds = [emb for c in batches for emb in rate_limited(c)]
+        embeds = [emb for c in batches for emb in embed_func(c)]
         return embeds
 
     def __repr__(self):
         return f"EmbeddingFunction(func={self.func})"
 
     def rate_limit(self, max_calls=0.9, period=1.0):
+        import sys
+
+        v = int(sys.version_info.minor)
+        if v >= 11:
+            raise ValueError("rate limit only support up to 3.10")
         self.rate_limiter_kwargs = dict(max_calls=max_calls, period=period)
         return self