diff --git a/litellm/llms/huggingface_restapi.py b/litellm/llms/huggingface_restapi.py
index edb9ca1e9..6b9c7274a 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/huggingface_restapi.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/huggingface_restapi.py
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ class Huggingface(BaseLLM):
                     try:
                         completion_response = response.json()
                         if isinstance(completion_response, dict): 
-                            completion_response: List[Dict[str, Any]] = [completion_response]
+                            completion_response = [completion_response]
                     except:
                         import traceback
                         raise HuggingfaceError(