diff --git a/litellm/llms/anthropic/count_tokens/handler.py b/litellm/llms/anthropic/count_tokens/handler.py
index 422c6f0e559..5b5354228f9 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/anthropic/count_tokens/handler.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/anthropic/count_tokens/handler.py
@@ -101,12 +101,8 @@ class AnthropicCountTokensHandler(AnthropicCountTokensConfig):
 
             verbose_logger.debug(f"Anthropic response: {anthropic_response}")
 
-            # Transform response
-            final_response = self.transform_response(anthropic_response)
-
-            verbose_logger.debug(f"Final response: {final_response}")
-
-            return final_response
+            # Return Anthropic response directly - no transformation needed
+            return anthropic_response
 
         except AnthropicError:
             # Re-raise Anthropic exceptions as-is
diff --git a/litellm/llms/anthropic/count_tokens/transformation.py b/litellm/llms/anthropic/count_tokens/transformation.py
index beffd3beeec..c3ad72436b4 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/anthropic/count_tokens/transformation.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/anthropic/count_tokens/transformation.py
@@ -53,24 +53,6 @@ class AnthropicCountTokensConfig:
             "messages": messages,
         }
 
-    def transform_response(self, response: Dict[str, Any]) -> Dict[str, Any]:
-        """
-        Transform Anthropic CountTokens response.
-
-        Input (Anthropic response):
-        {
-            "input_tokens": 123
-        }
-
-        Output:
-        {
-            "input_tokens": 123
-        }
-        """
-        return {
-            "input_tokens": response.get("input_tokens", 0),
-        }
-
     def get_required_headers(self, api_key: str) -> Dict[str, str]:
         """
         Get the required headers for the CountTokens API.
diff --git a/litellm/llms/azure_ai/anthropic/count_tokens/handler.py b/litellm/llms/azure_ai/anthropic/count_tokens/handler.py
index 099f92144ee..52a0bb8bb09 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/azure_ai/anthropic/count_tokens/handler.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/azure_ai/anthropic/count_tokens/handler.py
@@ -106,12 +106,8 @@ class AzureAIAnthropicCountTokensHandler(AzureAIAnthropicCountTokensConfig):
 
             verbose_logger.debug(f"Azure AI Anthropic response: {azure_response}")
 
-            # Transform response
-            final_response = self.transform_response(azure_response)
-
-            verbose_logger.debug(f"Final response: {final_response}")
-
-            return final_response
+            # Return Anthropic-compatible response directly - no transformation needed
+            return azure_response
 
         except AnthropicError:
             # Re-raise Anthropic exceptions as-is