diff --git a/litellm/llms/anthropic/experimental_pass_through/messages/handler.py b/litellm/llms/anthropic/experimental_pass_through/messages/handler.py
index 5fc14a8cdd0..5ec0242c169 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/anthropic/experimental_pass_through/messages/handler.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/anthropic/experimental_pass_through/messages/handler.py
@@ -20,9 +20,6 @@ from litellm.llms.base_llm.anthropic_messages.transformation import (
 )
 from litellm.llms.custom_httpx.http_handler import AsyncHTTPHandler
 from litellm.llms.custom_httpx.llm_http_handler import BaseLLMHTTPHandler
-from litellm.llms.hosted_vllm.messages.transformation import (
-    _should_skip_anthropic_translation,  # re-exported for backwards compat
-)
 from litellm.types.llms.anthropic_messages.anthropic_request import AnthropicMetadata
 from litellm.types.llms.anthropic_messages.anthropic_response import (
     AnthropicMessagesResponse,