diff --git a/litellm/utils.py b/litellm/utils.py
index 065e7a172d7..0d4803ac881 100644
--- a/litellm/utils.py
+++ b/litellm/utils.py
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ import traceback
 from dataclasses import dataclass, field
 from functools import lru_cache, wraps
 from importlib import resources
-from importlib.metadata import entry_points
 from inspect import iscoroutine
 from io import StringIO
 from os.path import abspath, dirname, join
@@ -386,30 +385,10 @@ def print_verbose(
 
 ####### CLIENT ###################
 # make it easy to log if completion/embedding runs succeeded or failed + see what happened | Non-Blocking
-def load_custom_provider_entrypoints():
-    # Handle both Python 3.9 (returns dict) and Python 3.10+ (returns object with select method)
-    eps = entry_points()
-    if hasattr(eps, "select"):
-        # Python 3.10+
-        found_entry_points = tuple(eps.select(group="litellm"))  # type: ignore
-    else:
-        # Python 3.9 and earlier - entry_points() returns a dict
-        found_entry_points = eps.get("litellm", ())  # type: ignore
-    
-    for entry_point in found_entry_points:
-        # types are ignored because of circular dependency issues importing CustomLLM and CustomLLMItem
-        HandlerClass = entry_point.load()
-        handler = HandlerClass()
-        provider = {"provider": entry_point.name, "custom_handler": handler}
-        litellm.custom_provider_map.append(provider)  # type: ignore
-
-
 def custom_llm_setup():
     """
     Add custom_llm provider to provider list
     """
-    load_custom_provider_entrypoints()
-
     for custom_llm in litellm.custom_provider_map:
         if custom_llm["provider"] not in litellm.provider_list:
             litellm.provider_list.append(custom_llm["provider"])
diff --git a/tests/local_testing/test_custom_llm.py b/tests/local_testing/test_custom_llm.py
index 0f1af3b56e1..e61ede755e6 100644
--- a/tests/local_testing/test_custom_llm.py
+++ b/tests/local_testing/test_custom_llm.py
@@ -537,44 +537,3 @@ async def test_simple_aembedding():
         "embedding": [0.1, 0.2, 0.3],
         "index": 1,
     }
-
-
-def test_custom_llm_provider_entrypoint():
-    # This test mocks the use of entry-points in pyproject.toml:
-    #   [project.entry-point.litellm]
-    #   custom_llm = <module>:MyCustomLLM
-    #   another-custom-llm = <module>:AnotherCustomLLM
-
-    from litellm.utils import custom_llm_setup
-    from importlib.metadata import EntryPoints, EntryPoint
-
-    class AnotherCustomLLM(CustomLLM):
-        pass
-
-    providers = {
-        "custom_llm": MyCustomLLM,
-        "another-custom-llm": AnotherCustomLLM
-    }
-
-    def load(self):
-        return providers[self.name]
-
-    entry_points = EntryPoints([
-        EntryPoint(group="litellm", name="custom_llm", value="package.module:MyCustomLLM"),
-        EntryPoint(group="litellm", name="another-custom-llm", value="package.module:AnotherCustomLLM"),
-    ])
-
-    with patch("importlib.metadata.EntryPoint.load", load):
-        with patch("litellm.utils.entry_points", return_value=entry_points):
-            assert litellm.custom_provider_map == []
-            assert litellm._custom_providers == []
-
-            custom_llm_setup()
-
-            assert litellm._custom_providers == ['custom_llm', 'another-custom-llm']
-
-            assert litellm.custom_provider_map[0]["provider"] == "custom_llm"
-            assert isinstance(litellm.custom_provider_map[0]["custom_handler"], CustomLLM)
-
-            assert litellm.custom_provider_map[1]["provider"] == "another-custom-llm"
-            assert isinstance(litellm.custom_provider_map[1]["custom_handler"], AnotherCustomLLM)