diff --git a/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py b/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
index b1e8b960b44..adbba821bf3 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
@@ -4528,11 +4528,6 @@ class ProxyConfig:
 
         register_sandbox_tools(config.get("sandbox_tools") or [])
 
-        ## SANDBOX TOOLS SETTINGS
-        from litellm.sandbox.sandbox_tools import register_sandbox_tools
-
-        register_sandbox_tools(config.get("sandbox_tools") or [])
-
         ## /fine_tuning/jobs endpoints config
         finetuning_config = config.get("finetune_settings", None)
         set_fine_tuning_config(config=finetuning_config)