diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 37b00373f8a..fd0bbd100e5 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -269,6 +269,7 @@ manifest-path = "litellm-rust/crates/python-bridge/Cargo.toml"
 module-name = "litellm.rust_bridge._native"
 python-source = "."
 bindings = "pyo3"
+strip = true
 include = ["litellm/proxy/_experimental/out/**"]
 exclude = [
     "litellm/proxy/enterprise",
diff --git a/scripts/bench_sdk.py b/scripts/bench_sdk.py
index 8a0ed72e7e5..f80df5b5f00 100644
--- a/scripts/bench_sdk.py
+++ b/scripts/bench_sdk.py
@@ -94,18 +94,18 @@ def file_bytes(root: Path) -> int:
     return sum(path.stat().st_size for path in root.rglob("*") if path.is_file() and not path.is_symlink())
 
 
-def git_metadata(source: Path) -> dict[str, object]:
-    if not source.is_dir():
+def git_metadata(source: Path, executable: str | None = shutil.which("git")) -> dict[str, object]:
+    if not source.is_dir() or executable is None:
         return {"path": str(source), "commit": None, "dirty": None}
     head: Final = subprocess.run(
-        ("git", "-C", str(source), "rev-parse", "HEAD"),
+        (executable, "-C", str(source), "rev-parse", "HEAD"),
         capture_output=True,
         text=True,
     )
     if head.returncode:
         return {"path": str(source), "commit": None, "dirty": None}
     status: Final = subprocess.run(
-        ("git", "-C", str(source), "status", "--porcelain"),
+        (executable, "-C", str(source), "status", "--porcelain"),
         capture_output=True,
         text=True,
         check=True,
diff --git a/scripts/test_bench_sdk.py b/scripts/test_bench_sdk.py
index 64e702a964e..d838a6440b1 100644
--- a/scripts/test_bench_sdk.py
+++ b/scripts/test_bench_sdk.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Final
 
-from bench_sdk import file_bytes, lock_text, snapshot, wheel_info
+from bench_sdk import file_bytes, git_metadata, lock_text, snapshot, wheel_info
 from bench_sdk_runtime import PROBE, probe, provider, runtime_environment, summary
 
 FAKE_SDK: Final = """
@@ -67,6 +67,14 @@ def make_target(directory: Path, code: str = FAKE_SDK) -> Path:
 
 
 class BenchmarkTests(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_git_metadata_tolerates_missing_git(self) -> None:
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as temporary:
+            root: Final = Path(temporary)
+            self.assertEqual(
+                git_metadata(root, executable=None),
+                {"path": str(root), "commit": None, "dirty": None},
+            )
+
     def test_parallel_runs_use_distinct_environments_and_outputs(self) -> None:
         with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as temporary:
             root: Final = Path(temporary)