diff --git a/litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/litellm_content_filter/content_filter.py b/litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/litellm_content_filter/content_filter.py
index 1f2c7fed793..e5524e419ad 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/litellm_content_filter/content_filter.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/litellm_content_filter/content_filter.py
@@ -1360,7 +1360,7 @@ class ContentFilterGuardrail(CustomGuardrail):
                 methods.add("regex")
             else:
                 methods.add("keyword")
-        return ",".join(sorted(methods)) if methods else "keyword"
+        return ",".join(sorted(methods)) if methods else ""
 
     def _get_patterns_checked_count(self) -> int:
         """Get total number of patterns and keywords that were evaluated."""