diff --git a/litellm/proxy/response_api_endpoints/endpoints.py b/litellm/proxy/response_api_endpoints/endpoints.py
index 441b0f1b317..d84b1a27793 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/response_api_endpoints/endpoints.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/response_api_endpoints/endpoints.py
@@ -533,7 +533,7 @@ async def count_response_input_tokens(
             )
         )
         raise HTTPException(
-            status_code=500, detail={"error": f"Internal server error: {str(e)}"}
+            status_code=500, detail={"error": "Internal server error"}
         )