diff --git a/litellm/llms/azure.py b/litellm/llms/azure.py
index 3536ec9a6e..a92a03803d 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/azure.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/azure.py
@@ -147,7 +147,6 @@ class AzureOpenAIConfig:
         api_version_year = api_version_times[0]
         api_version_month = api_version_times[1]
         api_version_day = api_version_times[2]
-        args = locals()
         for param, value in non_default_params.items():
             if param == "tool_choice":
                 """
diff --git a/litellm/main.py b/litellm/main.py
index 7021137a81..d71b046a01 100644
--- a/litellm/main.py
+++ b/litellm/main.py
@@ -838,6 +838,7 @@ def completion(
             logprobs=logprobs,
             top_logprobs=top_logprobs,
             extra_headers=extra_headers,
+            api_version=api_version,
             **non_default_params,
         )
 
diff --git a/litellm/tests/test_streaming.py b/litellm/tests/test_streaming.py
index 6c1cb61286..25f36826d2 100644
--- a/litellm/tests/test_streaming.py
+++ b/litellm/tests/test_streaming.py
@@ -2828,6 +2828,7 @@ async def test_azure_astreaming_and_function_calling():
         password=os.environ["REDIS_PASSWORD"],
     )
     try:
+        litellm.set_verbose = True
         response = await litellm.acompletion(
             model="azure/gpt-4-nov-release",
             tools=tools,
diff --git a/litellm/utils.py b/litellm/utils.py
index 5f42c2f46e..7769027080 100644
--- a/litellm/utils.py
+++ b/litellm/utils.py
@@ -5192,6 +5192,7 @@ def get_optional_params(
     logprobs=None,
     top_logprobs=None,
     extra_headers=None,
+    api_version=None,
     **kwargs,
 ):
     # retrieve all parameters passed to the function
@@ -5262,6 +5263,7 @@ def get_optional_params(
         "logprobs": None,
         "top_logprobs": None,
         "extra_headers": None,
+        "api_version": None,
     }
     # filter out those parameters that were passed with non-default values
     non_default_params = {
@@ -5270,6 +5272,7 @@ def get_optional_params(
         if (
             k != "model"
             and k != "custom_llm_provider"
+            and k != "api_version"
             and k in default_params
             and v != default_params[k]
         )
@@ -6051,9 +6054,7 @@ def get_optional_params(
         )
         _check_valid_arg(supported_params=supported_params)
         api_version = (
-            passed_params.get("api_version", None)
-            or litellm.api_version
-            or get_secret("AZURE_API_VERSION")
+            api_version or litellm.api_version or get_secret("AZURE_API_VERSION")
         )
         optional_params = litellm.AzureOpenAIConfig().map_openai_params(
             non_default_params=non_default_params,