diff --git a/litellm/utils.py b/litellm/utils.py
index 035c1c72f..a6d3d8603 100644
--- a/litellm/utils.py
+++ b/litellm/utils.py
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ from .exceptions import (
     ServiceUnavailableError,
     Timeout,
     UnprocessableEntityError,
+    UnsupportedParamsError,
 )
 from .proxy._types import KeyManagementSystem
 from .types.llms.openai import (
@@ -225,17 +226,6 @@ last_fetched_at_keys = None
 # }
 
 
-class UnsupportedParamsError(Exception):
-    def __init__(self, status_code, message):
-        self.status_code = status_code
-        self.message = message
-        self.request = httpx.Request(method="POST", url=" https://openai.api.com/v1/")
-        self.response = httpx.Response(status_code=status_code, request=self.request)
-        super().__init__(
-            self.message
-        )  # Call the base class constructor with the parameters it needs
-
-
 ############################################################
 def print_verbose(
     print_statement,