diff --git a/litellm/_redis.py b/litellm/_redis.py
index 58f37cf569d..70ffaab458a 100644
--- a/litellm/_redis.py
+++ b/litellm/_redis.py
@@ -458,6 +458,8 @@ def _get_redis_client_logic(**env_overrides):
         # are intentionally NOT exposed on the function to avoid leaking
         # credentials via inspection or logging.
         redis_kwargs["redis_connect_func"]._azure_redis_ad_token = True
+        redis_kwargs.pop("username", None)
+        redis_kwargs.pop("password", None)
 
     # Always remove Azure-specific kwargs that shouldn't be passed to Redis client
     redis_kwargs.pop("azure_redis_ad_token", None)
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/test_redis.py b/tests/test_litellm/test_redis.py
index 3762181f5c3..cacbff9123a 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/test_redis.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/test_redis.py
@@ -247,6 +247,31 @@ def test_get_redis_async_client_without_connection_pool():
         assert "connection_pool" not in call_kwargs, "connection_pool should not be in kwargs when not provided"
 
 
+def test_azure_ad_connection_pool_does_not_duplicate_credentials(monkeypatch):
+    credential = MagicMock()
+    credential.get_token.return_value.token = "azure-token"
+    monkeypatch.setenv("REDIS_USERNAME", "entra-user")
+    monkeypatch.setenv("REDIS_PASSWORD", "static-password")
+
+    with patch("litellm._redis._build_azure_credential", return_value=credential):
+        pool = get_redis_connection_pool(
+            host="cache.redis.azure.net",
+            port=10000,
+            ssl=True,
+            azure_redis_ad_token="true",
+        )
+
+    assert pool is not None
+    connection = pool.make_connection()
+    assert isinstance(connection.credential_provider, AzureADCredentialProvider)
+    assert connection.username is None
+    assert connection.password is None
+    assert connection.credential_provider.get_credentials() == (
+        "entra-user",
+        "azure-token",
+    )
+
+
 def test_gcp_iam_credential_provider_get_credentials():
     """GCPIAMCredentialProvider.get_credentials() returns a token tuple."""
     service_account = "projects/-/serviceAccounts/test@project.iam.gserviceaccount.com"