diff --git a/litellm/main.py b/litellm/main.py
index 3b3539ee1a..c52568a489 100644
--- a/litellm/main.py
+++ b/litellm/main.py
@@ -219,9 +219,6 @@ def completion(
     args = locals()
     return_async = kwargs.get('return_async', False)
     mock_response = kwargs.get('mock_response', None)
-    api_key = kwargs.get('api_key', None)
-    api_version = kwargs.get('api_version', None)
-    api_base = kwargs.get('api_base', None)
     force_timeout= kwargs.get('force_timeout', 600)
     logger_fn = kwargs.get('logger_fn', None)
     verbose = kwargs.get('verbose', False)