diff --git a/litellm/tests/test_router_get_deployments.py b/litellm/tests/test_router_get_deployments.py
index f9ca124c26..1e642babae 100644
--- a/litellm/tests/test_router_get_deployments.py
+++ b/litellm/tests/test_router_get_deployments.py
@@ -291,7 +291,6 @@ def test_weighted_selection_router_no_rpm_set():
 def test_model_group_aliases(): 
 	try:
 		litellm.set_verbose = False
-		litellm.model_group_alias_map = {"gpt-4": "gpt-3.5-turbo"}
 		model_list = [
 			{
 				"model_name": "gpt-3.5-turbo",
@@ -321,7 +320,10 @@ def test_model_group_aliases():
 		]
 		router = Router(
 			model_list=model_list, 
+			model_group_alias={"gpt-4": "gpt-3.5-turbo"} # gpt-4 requests sent to gpt-3.5-turbo
 		)
+
+		# test that gpt-4 requests are sent to gpt-3.5-turbo
 		for _ in range(20):
 			selected_model = router.get_available_deployment("gpt-4")
 			print("\n selected model", selected_model)
@@ -330,8 +332,7 @@ def test_model_group_aliases():
 				pytest.fail(f"Selected model {selected_model_name} is not gpt-3.5-turbo")
 				
 		router.reset()
-		litellm.model_group_alias_map = {}
 	except Exception as e:
 		traceback.print_exc()
 		pytest.fail(f"Error occurred: {e}")
-# test_model_group_aliases()
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+test_model_group_aliases()
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