diff --git a/docs/my-website/docs/proxy/token_auth.md b/docs/my-website/docs/proxy/token_auth.md
index 588c7a00e8..40ac235233 100644
--- a/docs/my-website/docs/proxy/token_auth.md
+++ b/docs/my-website/docs/proxy/token_auth.md
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ general_settings:
   enable_jwt_auth: True
   litellm_jwtauth:
     ...
-    team_jwt_scope: "litellm-team" # 👈 Set JWT Scope string
+    team_id_jwt_field: "litellm-team" # 👈 Set field in the JWT token that stores the team ID
     team_allowed_routes: ["/v1/chat/completions"] # 👈 Set accepted routes
 ```
 
diff --git a/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py b/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
index 0f2738dfb9..cc4dd5c74e 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
@@ -385,12 +385,6 @@ async def user_api_key_auth(
                         raise Exception(
                             f"Admin not allowed to access this route. Route={route}, Allowed Routes={actual_routes}"
                         )
-                # check if team in scopes
-                is_team = jwt_handler.is_team(scopes=scopes)
-                if is_team == False:
-                    raise Exception(
-                        f"Missing both Admin and Team scopes from token. Either is required. Admin Scope={jwt_handler.litellm_jwtauth.admin_jwt_scope}, Team Scope={jwt_handler.litellm_jwtauth.team_jwt_scope}"
-                    )
                 # get team id
                 team_id = jwt_handler.get_team_id(token=valid_token, default_value=None)