diff --git a/litellm/proxy/_new_secret_config.yaml b/litellm/proxy/_new_secret_config.yaml
index 1a1258a419..81244f0fa0 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/_new_secret_config.yaml
+++ b/litellm/proxy/_new_secret_config.yaml
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
 model_list:
-  - model_name: azure-mistral
+  - model_name: groq-llama3
     litellm_params:
-      model: azure_ai/mistral
-      api_key: os.environ/AZURE_AI_MISTRAL_API_KEY
-      api_base: os.environ/AZURE_AI_MISTRAL_API_BASE
-
-litellm_settings:
-  drop_params: true
\ No newline at end of file
+      model: groq/llama3-groq-70b-8192-tool-use-preview
+      api_key: os.environ/GROQ_API_KEY
diff --git a/litellm/utils.py b/litellm/utils.py
index ef4daec5eb..5ec7b52f5d 100644
--- a/litellm/utils.py
+++ b/litellm/utils.py
@@ -3667,16 +3667,25 @@ def get_optional_params(
         + litellm.openai_compatible_providers
     ):
         # for openai, azure we should pass the extra/passed params within `extra_body` https://github.com/openai/openai-python/blob/ac33853ba10d13ac149b1fa3ca6dba7d613065c9/src/openai/resources/models.py#L46
-        extra_body = passed_params.pop("extra_body", {})
-        for k in passed_params.keys():
-            if k not in default_params.keys():
-                extra_body[k] = passed_params[k]
-        optional_params.setdefault("extra_body", {})
-        optional_params["extra_body"] = {**optional_params["extra_body"], **extra_body}
+        if (
+            _should_drop_param(
+                k="extra_body", additional_drop_params=additional_drop_params
+            )
+            is False
+        ):
+            extra_body = passed_params.pop("extra_body", {})
+            for k in passed_params.keys():
+                if k not in default_params.keys():
+                    extra_body[k] = passed_params[k]
+            optional_params.setdefault("extra_body", {})
+            optional_params["extra_body"] = {
+                **optional_params["extra_body"],
+                **extra_body,
+            }
 
-        optional_params["extra_body"] = _ensure_extra_body_is_safe(
-            extra_body=optional_params["extra_body"]
-        )
+            optional_params["extra_body"] = _ensure_extra_body_is_safe(
+                extra_body=optional_params["extra_body"]
+            )
     else:
         # if user passed in non-default kwargs for specific providers/models, pass them along
         for k in passed_params.keys():