diff --git a/litellm/proxy/middleware/guard_middleware.py b/litellm/proxy/middleware/guard_middleware.py
index 2fce352bd05..47093ab898d 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/middleware/guard_middleware.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/middleware/guard_middleware.py
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ def _build_guard_config():
     security_config_cls: Final = guard_module.SecurityConfig
 
     kwargs: dict[str, object] = {  # mutable-ok: assembled conditionally, then passed once to SecurityConfig
-
         "enable_rate_limiting": True,
         "rate_limit": _env_int("LITELLM_GUARD_RATE_LIMIT", 100),
         "rate_limit_window": _env_int("LITELLM_GUARD_RATE_LIMIT_WINDOW", 60),