diff --git a/litellm/tests/test_bedrock_completion.py b/litellm/tests/test_bedrock_completion.py
index 07b0cb2883..873e6cc21e 100644
--- a/litellm/tests/test_bedrock_completion.py
+++ b/litellm/tests/test_bedrock_completion.py
@@ -185,6 +185,16 @@ def test_completion_bedrock_claude_sts_client_auth():
             aws_role_name=aws_role_name,
             aws_session_name="my-test-session",
         )
+
+        response = completion(
+            model="gpt-3.5-turbo",
+            messages=messages,
+            aws_region_name="us-east-1",
+            aws_access_key_id=aws_access_key_id,
+            aws_secret_access_key=aws_secret_access_key,
+            aws_role_name=aws_role_name,
+            aws_session_name="my-test-session",
+        )
         # Add any assertions here to check the response
         print(response)
     except RateLimitError:
diff --git a/litellm/utils.py b/litellm/utils.py
index 45bdca7fc6..4fcc429ee4 100644
--- a/litellm/utils.py
+++ b/litellm/utils.py
@@ -3197,6 +3197,10 @@ def get_optional_params(
     passed_params = locals()
     special_params = passed_params.pop("kwargs")
     for k, v in special_params.items():
+        if k.startswith("aws_") and (
+            custom_llm_provider != "bedrock" or custom_llm_provider != "sagemaker"
+        ):  # allow dynamically setting boto3 init logic
+            continue
         passed_params[k] = v
     default_params = {
         "functions": None,