diff --git a/litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/akto/akto.py b/litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/akto/akto.py
index 34afcd23582..8f8aa57fc3f 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/akto/akto.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/akto/akto.py
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ Mode:
   - pre_call: Validates request against Akto guardrails, blocks if flagged.
 """
 
-import asyncio
 import json
 import os
 from datetime import datetime
@@ -65,8 +64,6 @@ class AktoGuardrail(CustomGuardrail):
         self.async_handler = get_async_httpx_client(
             llm_provider=httpxSpecialProvider.GuardrailCallback,
         )
-        self.background_tasks: set = set()
-
         self.akto_base_url = (
             akto_base_url or os.environ.get("AKTO_GUARDRAIL_API_BASE", "")
         ).rstrip("/")
@@ -93,31 +90,6 @@ class AktoGuardrail(CustomGuardrail):
         ]
         super().__init__(**kwargs)
 
-    # ── Helpers ──
-
-    def schedule(self, coro) -> None:
-        """Schedule a fire-and-forget background task"""
-        task = asyncio.create_task(coro)
-        self.background_tasks.add(task)
-        task.add_done_callback(self.background_tasks.discard)
-
-    async def ingest_blocked_request(self, payload: dict) -> None:
-        """Fire-and-forget: ingest a blocked request to Akto for audit."""
-        try:
-            await self.async_handler.post(
-                url=f"{self.akto_base_url}{HTTP_PROXY_PATH}",
-                data=json.dumps(payload),
-                params={"akto_connector": AKTO_CONNECTOR_NAME, "ingest_data": "true"},
-                headers={
-                    "content-type": "application/json",
-                    "Authorization": self.akto_api_key,
-                },
-                timeout=self.guardrail_timeout,
-            )
-        except (httpx.RequestError, httpx.HTTPStatusError) as e:
-            # Fire-and-forget: log but never crash the request path
-            verbose_proxy_logger.error("Akto blocked-request ingest error: %s", e)
-
     # ── Payload builders ──
 
     @staticmethod
@@ -365,16 +337,6 @@ class AktoGuardrail(CustomGuardrail):
             )
 
         if not allowed:
-            blocked_payload = self.build_akto_payload(
-                inputs, request_data, status_code=403
-            )
-            blocked_payload["responsePayload"] = json.dumps(
-                {"x-blocked-by": "Akto Proxy", "reason": reason}
-            )
-            blocked_payload["responseHeaders"] = json.dumps(
-                {"content-type": "application/json"}
-            )
-            self.schedule(self.ingest_blocked_request(blocked_payload))
             detail = (
                 f"Blocked by Akto Guardrails: {reason}"
                 if reason
diff --git a/tests/guardrails_tests/test_akto_guardrails.py b/tests/guardrails_tests/test_akto_guardrails.py
index 2bb8801e36d..9ebd9dce565 100644
--- a/tests/guardrails_tests/test_akto_guardrails.py
+++ b/tests/guardrails_tests/test_akto_guardrails.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import asyncio
 import json
 import os
 from unittest.mock import AsyncMock, MagicMock, patch
@@ -306,7 +305,7 @@ async def test_pre_call_allowed(akto_validate, sample_inputs, sample_request_dat
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_pre_call_blocked(akto_validate, sample_inputs, sample_request_data):
     akto_validate.async_handler.post = AsyncMock(
-        side_effect=[_mock_blocked_response("PII"), MagicMock(status_code=200)]
+        return_value=_mock_blocked_response("PII")
     )
 
     with pytest.raises(HTTPException) as exc_info:
@@ -316,19 +315,10 @@ async def test_pre_call_blocked(akto_validate, sample_inputs, sample_request_dat
             input_type="request",
         )
 
-    await asyncio.gather(*akto_validate.background_tasks)
-
     assert exc_info.value.status_code == 403
     assert "PII" in exc_info.value.detail
-    assert akto_validate.async_handler.post.call_count == 2
-
-    # Second call is the blocked-request ingestion
-    ingest_call = akto_validate.async_handler.post.call_args_list[1].kwargs
-    assert ingest_call["params"].get("ingest_data") == "true"
-    assert "guardrails" not in ingest_call["params"]
-    ingest_payload = json.loads(ingest_call["data"])
-    assert ingest_payload["statusCode"] == "403"
-    assert json.loads(ingest_payload["responsePayload"])["x-blocked-by"] == "Akto Proxy"
+    # Only the guardrail validation call; blocked-request ingestion is handled by AktoLogger via failure_callback.
+    akto_validate.async_handler.post.assert_called_once()
 
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------