diff --git a/litellm/llms/azure/azure.py b/litellm/llms/azure/azure.py
index e9bb5733ff..172c963acb 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/azure/azure.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/azure/azure.py
@@ -652,7 +652,6 @@ class AzureChatCompletion(BaseAzureLLM, BaseLLM):
         model: str,
         data: dict,
         model_response: EmbeddingResponse,
-        azure_client_params: dict,
         input: list,
         logging_obj: LiteLLMLoggingObj,
         api_base: str,
@@ -743,14 +742,6 @@ class AzureChatCompletion(BaseAzureLLM, BaseLLM):
             data = {"model": model, "input": input, **optional_params}
             if max_retries is None:
                 max_retries = litellm.DEFAULT_MAX_RETRIES
-            azure_client_params = self.initialize_azure_sdk_client(
-                litellm_params=litellm_params or {},
-                api_key=api_key,
-                model_name=model,
-                api_version=api_version,
-                api_base=api_base,
-                is_async=False,
-            )
             ## LOGGING
             logging_obj.pre_call(
                 input=input,
@@ -769,7 +760,6 @@ class AzureChatCompletion(BaseAzureLLM, BaseLLM):
                     logging_obj=logging_obj,
                     api_key=api_key,
                     model_response=model_response,
-                    azure_client_params=azure_client_params,
                     timeout=timeout,
                     client=client,
                     litellm_params=litellm_params,
diff --git a/litellm/llms/azure/completion/handler.py b/litellm/llms/azure/completion/handler.py
index 91a00ebc2f..1bc9aaba9b 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/azure/completion/handler.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/azure/completion/handler.py
@@ -12,18 +12,6 @@ from ..common_utils import AzureOpenAIError, BaseAzureLLM
 openai_text_completion_config = OpenAITextCompletionConfig()
 
 
-def select_azure_base_url_or_endpoint(azure_client_params: dict):
-    azure_endpoint = azure_client_params.get("azure_endpoint", None)
-    if azure_endpoint is not None:
-        # see : https://github.com/openai/openai-python/blob/3d61ed42aba652b547029095a7eb269ad4e1e957/src/openai/lib/azure.py#L192
-        if "/openai/deployments" in azure_endpoint:
-            # this is base_url, not an azure_endpoint
-            azure_client_params["base_url"] = azure_endpoint
-            azure_client_params.pop("azure_endpoint")
-
-    return azure_client_params
-
-
 class AzureTextCompletion(BaseAzureLLM):
     def __init__(self) -> None:
         super().__init__()