diff --git a/litellm/litellm_core_utils/exception_mapping_utils.py b/litellm/litellm_core_utils/exception_mapping_utils.py
index cc665231d15..b844b44bb56 100644
--- a/litellm/litellm_core_utils/exception_mapping_utils.py
+++ b/litellm/litellm_core_utils/exception_mapping_utils.py
@@ -2313,7 +2313,7 @@ def exception_type(  # type: ignore  # noqa: PLR0915
                 else:
                     # if no status code then it is an APIConnectionError: https://github.com/openai/openai-python#handling-errors
                     raise APIConnectionError(
-                        message=f"{exception_provider} APIConnectionError - {message}\n{_redact_string(traceback.format_exc())}",
+                        message=f"{exception_provider} APIConnectionError - {message}\n{redact_string(traceback.format_exc()) if _ENABLE_SECRET_REDACTION else traceback.format_exc()}",
                         llm_provider="azure",
                         model=model,
                         litellm_debug_info=extra_information,
@@ -2440,7 +2440,10 @@ def exception_type(  # type: ignore  # noqa: PLR0915
             else:
                 raise APIConnectionError(
                     message="{}\n{}".format(
-                        str(original_exception), _redact_string(traceback.format_exc())
+                        str(original_exception),
+                        redact_string(traceback.format_exc())
+                        if _ENABLE_SECRET_REDACTION
+                        else traceback.format_exc(),
                     ),
                     llm_provider=custom_llm_provider,
                     model=model,
@@ -2470,7 +2473,10 @@ def exception_type(  # type: ignore  # noqa: PLR0915
                     raise e  # it's already mapped
             raised_exc = APIConnectionError(
                 message="{}\n{}".format(
-                    original_exception, _redact_string(traceback.format_exc())
+                    original_exception,
+                    redact_string(traceback.format_exc())
+                    if _ENABLE_SECRET_REDACTION
+                    else traceback.format_exc(),
                 ),
                 llm_provider="",
                 model="",