diff --git a/litellm/llms/bedrock/chat/converse_transformation.py b/litellm/llms/bedrock/chat/converse_transformation.py
index 03fbc35a97f..36ef5037255 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/bedrock/chat/converse_transformation.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/bedrock/chat/converse_transformation.py
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ from litellm.litellm_core_utils.core_helpers import (
     filter_exceptions_from_params,
     filter_internal_params,
     map_finish_reason,
-    safe_deep_copy,
 )
 from litellm.litellm_core_utils.litellm_logging import Logging
 from litellm.litellm_core_utils.prompt_templates.common_utils import (
@@ -1823,10 +1822,13 @@ class AmazonConverseConfig(BaseConfig):
         # ``_handle_reasoning_effort_parameter`` so it does not linger on the
         # caller's ``optional_params`` after the transformation returns.
         anthropic_output_config_already_normalized = bool(optional_params.pop("_output_config_normalized", False))
-        # Filter out exception objects before deepcopy to prevent deepcopy failures
-        # Exceptions should not be stored in optional_params (this is a defensive fix)
-        cleaned_params: Final = filter_exceptions_from_params(optional_params)
-        inference_params = safe_deep_copy(cleaned_params)
+        # Filter out exception objects (they should not be stored in optional_params; this is a
+        # defensive fix). The filter rebuilds every dict and list, so its result is already
+        # independent of the caller's params: deep-copying it again only doubles the allocation,
+        # which for large tool lists triggers long garbage-collection pauses on the event loop.
+        inference_params: dict = filter_exceptions_from_params(  # pyright: ignore[reportMissingTypeArgument]  # mutable-ok: popped and split below, untyped like the deep copy it replaces
+            optional_params
+        )
         supported_converse_params: Final = list(AmazonConverseConfig.__annotations__.keys()) + ["top_k"]
         supported_tool_call_params: Final = ["tools", "tool_choice"]
         supported_config_params: Final = list(self.get_config_blocks().keys())
diff --git a/tests/unit/llms/bedrock/chat/test_converse_transformation.py b/tests/unit/llms/bedrock/chat/test_converse_transformation.py
index b8eb5858fda..744af50ef39 100644
--- a/tests/unit/llms/bedrock/chat/test_converse_transformation.py
+++ b/tests/unit/llms/bedrock/chat/test_converse_transformation.py
@@ -426,6 +426,48 @@ def test_bedrock_empty_text_block_is_removed_from_converse_request() -> None:
     assert request["messages"] == [{"role": "user", "content": [{"text": "Hey, how's it going?"}]}]
 
 
+class _DeepCopyCountingStr(str):
+    deep_copies = 0
+
+    def __deepcopy__(self, memo: dict) -> "_DeepCopyCountingStr":
+        type(self).deep_copies += 1
+        return self
+
+
+def test_bedrock_converse_request_copies_params_once() -> None:
+    description: Final = _DeepCopyCountingStr("City to look up")
+    tools: Final = [
+        {
+            "type": "function",
+            "function": {
+                "name": "get_weather",
+                "parameters": {
+                    "type": "object",
+                    "properties": {"city": {"type": "string", "description": description}},
+                    "required": ["city"],
+                },
+            },
+        }
+    ]
+    snapshot: Final = copy.deepcopy(tools)
+    _DeepCopyCountingStr.deep_copies = 0
+
+    request: Final = AmazonConverseConfig()._transform_request(
+        model="us.anthropic.claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929-v1:0",
+        messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Weather in Paris?"}],
+        optional_params={"maxTokens": 10, "tools": tools},
+        litellm_params={},
+        headers={},
+    )
+
+    # one copy, by the tool converter that edits the schema; none for the params as a whole
+    assert _DeepCopyCountingStr.deep_copies == 1
+    tool_spec: Final = request["toolConfig"]["tools"][0]["toolSpec"]
+    assert tool_spec["name"] == "get_weather"
+    assert tool_spec["inputSchema"]["json"]["properties"]["city"]["description"] == "City to look up"
+    assert tools == snapshot
+
+
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_bedrock_max_completion_tokens_become_converse_max_tokens() -> None:
     requests: Final[list[httpx.Request]] = []