diff --git a/litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/trendai/trendai.py b/litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/trendai/trendai.py
index 2f7f178f837..d6ceea50f48 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/trendai/trendai.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/trendai/trendai.py
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ from litellm.llms.custom_httpx.http_handler import (
     get_async_httpx_client,  # pyright: ignore[reportUnknownVariableType]  # legacy client factory has an untyped params map
     httpxSpecialProvider,
 )
-from litellm.secret_managers.main import get_secret_str
 from litellm.types.guardrails import GuardrailEventHooks, Mode
 from litellm.types.utils import GenericGuardrailAPIInputs, GuardrailStatus
 
@@ -86,13 +85,13 @@ class TrendAIGuardrail(CustomGuardrail):
         event_hook: GuardrailEventHooks | list[GuardrailEventHooks] | Mode | None = None,
         default_on: bool = False,
     ) -> None:
-        resolved_api_key: Final = api_key or get_secret_str("TMV1_API_KEY")
+        resolved_api_key: Final = api_key or os.environ.get("TMV1_API_KEY")
         if not resolved_api_key:
             raise ValueError(
                 "Trend AI Guard requires an API key. Pass api_key or set the TMV1_API_KEY environment variable."
             )
 
-        resolved_api_base: Final = api_base or get_secret_str("TRENDAI_AI_GUARD_BASE_URL")
+        resolved_api_base: Final = api_base or os.environ.get("TRENDAI_AI_GUARD_BASE_URL")
         if not resolved_api_base:
             raise ValueError(
                 "Trend AI Guard requires an API base URL. Pass api_base or set the "
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/trendai/test_trendai.py b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/trendai/test_trendai.py
index afab0e8ecf8..1a17db0a8bc 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/trendai/test_trendai.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/trendai/test_trendai.py
@@ -106,28 +106,6 @@ def test_environment_fallbacks(monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) -> None:
     assert guardrail.app_name == "env-app"
 
 
-def test_secret_manager_configuration_is_used(monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) -> None:
-    import litellm
-    from litellm.secret_managers import main as secrets
-
-    monkeypatch.delenv("TMV1_API_KEY", raising=False)
-    monkeypatch.delenv("TRENDAI_AI_GUARD_BASE_URL", raising=False)
-    monkeypatch.setattr(litellm, "secret_manager_client", object())
-    monkeypatch.setattr(litellm, "_key_management_settings", None)
-    monkeypatch.setattr(litellm, "_key_management_system", None)
-    monkeypatch.setattr(secrets, "_should_read_secret_from_secret_manager", lambda: True)
-    managed = {
-        "TMV1_API_KEY": "managed-key",
-        "TRENDAI_AI_GUARD_BASE_URL": "https://managed.example.com",
-    }
-    monkeypatch.setattr(secrets, "get_secret_from_manager", lambda **kwargs: managed[kwargs["secret_name"]])
-
-    guardrail = TrendAIGuardrail(guardrail_name="trendai", event_hook=GuardrailEventHooks.pre_call)
-
-    assert guardrail.api_key == "managed-key"
-    assert guardrail.api_url == "https://managed.example.com/applyGuardrails"
-
-
 def test_explicit_configuration_takes_precedence(monkeypatch: pytest.MonkeyPatch) -> None:
     monkeypatch.setenv("TMV1_API_KEY", "env-key")
     monkeypatch.setenv("TRENDAI_AI_GUARD_BASE_URL", "https://env.example.com")