diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 3e1fd7f34..8834eea26 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 version: 2.1
 jobs:
-  local_testing:
+  installing_litellm_on_python:
+      local_testing:
     docker:
       - image: circleci/python:3.8
     working_directory: ~/project
@@ -8,87 +9,25 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - checkout
 
-      - run:
-          name: Check if litellm dir was updated or if pyproject.toml was modified
-          command: |
-            if [ -n "$(git diff --name-only $CIRCLE_SHA1^..$CIRCLE_SHA1 | grep -E 'pyproject\.toml|litellm/')" ]; then
-              echo "litellm updated"
-            else
-              echo "No changes to litellm or pyproject.toml. Skipping tests."
-              circleci step halt
-            fi
-      - restore_cache:
-          keys:
-            - v1-dependencies-{{ checksum ".circleci/requirements.txt" }}
-      - run:
+       - run:
           name: Install Dependencies
           command: |
             python -m pip install --upgrade pip
             python -m pip install -r .circleci/requirements.txt
-            pip install "pytest==7.3.1"
-            pip install "pytest-asyncio==0.21.1"
-            pip install mypy
-            pip install "google-generativeai>=0.3.2"
-            pip install "google-cloud-aiplatform>=1.38.0"
-            pip install "boto3>=1.28.57"
-            pip install "aioboto3>=12.3.0"
-            pip install langchain
-            pip install "langfuse>=2.0.0"
-            pip install numpydoc
-            pip install traceloop-sdk==0.0.69
             pip install openai
             pip install prisma            
             pip install "httpx==0.24.1"
-            pip install "gunicorn==21.2.0"
-            pip install "anyio==3.7.1"
-            pip install "aiodynamo==23.10.1"
-            pip install "asyncio==3.4.3"
-            pip install "apscheduler==3.10.4"
-            pip install "PyGithub==1.59.1"
-            pip install python-multipart
-      - save_cache:
-          paths:
-            - ./venv
-          key: v1-dependencies-{{ checksum ".circleci/requirements.txt" }}
-      - run:
-          name: Run prisma ./entrypoint.sh
-          command: |
-            set +e
-            chmod +x entrypoint.sh
-            ./entrypoint.sh
-            set -e
-      - run:
-          name: Black Formatting
-          command: |
-            cd litellm
-            python -m pip install black
-            python -m black .
-            cd ..
-      - run:
-          name: Linting Testing
-          command: |
-            cd litellm
-            python -m pip install types-requests types-setuptools types-redis
-            if ! python -m mypy . --ignore-missing-imports; then
-              echo "mypy detected errors"
-              exit 1
-            fi
-            cd ..
-  
 
-      # Run pytest and generate JUnit XML report
+      - run:
+          name: Check if litellm dir was updated or if pyproject.toml was modified
       - run:
           name: Run tests
           command: |
             pwd
             ls
-            python -m pytest -vv litellm/tests/ -x --junitxml=test-results/junit.xml --durations=5 
+            python -m pytest -vv litellm/tests/test_python_38.py
           no_output_timeout: 120m
 
-      # Store test results
-      - store_test_results:
-          path: test-results
-
   build_and_test:
     machine:
       image: ubuntu-2204:2023.10.1
diff --git a/litellm/tests/test_python_38.py b/litellm/tests/test_python_38.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0712dcaf3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/litellm/tests/test_python_38.py
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import sys, os, time
+import traceback, asyncio
+import pytest
+
+sys.path.insert(
+    0, os.path.abspath("../..")
+)  # Adds the parent directory to the system path
+
+
+def test_using_litellm():
+    try:
+        import litellm
+    except Exception as e:
+        pytest.fail(
+            f"Error occurred: {e}. Installing litellm on python3.8 failed please retry"
+        )