diff --git a/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py b/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
index 2343fe8c35d..9959918b76c 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
@@ -4605,10 +4605,6 @@ async def async_data_generator(
             response=response,
             request_data=request_data,
         ):
-            verbose_proxy_logger.debug(
-                "async_data_generator: received streaming chunk - {}".format(chunk)
-            )
-
             ### CALL HOOKS ### - modify outgoing data
             chunk = await proxy_logging_obj.async_post_call_streaming_hook(
                 user_api_key_dict=user_api_key_dict,
@@ -4629,7 +4625,14 @@ async def async_data_generator(
             )
 
             if isinstance(chunk, BaseModel):
-                chunk = chunk.model_dump_json(exclude_none=True, exclude_unset=True)
+                if getattr(chunk, "_usage_stripped", False):
+                    chunk = chunk.model_dump_json(
+                        exclude_none=True, exclude_unset=True, exclude={"usage"}  # type: ignore
+                    )
+                else:
+                    chunk = chunk.model_dump_json(
+                        exclude_none=True, exclude_unset=True
+                    )
             elif isinstance(chunk, str) and chunk.startswith("data: "):
                 error_message = chunk
                 break