diff --git a/litellm/proxy/pass_through_endpoints/pass_through_endpoints.py b/litellm/proxy/pass_through_endpoints/pass_through_endpoints.py
index b0f8063e5f8..031b77e691b 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/pass_through_endpoints/pass_through_endpoints.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/pass_through_endpoints/pass_through_endpoints.py
@@ -986,10 +986,7 @@ async def pass_through_request(
             forward_headers=forward_headers,
         )
 
-        requested_query_params: dict | None = {
-            **dict(url.params),
-            **(query_params or dict(request.query_params)),
-        } or None
+        requested_query_params: dict | None = query_params or dict(request.query_params) or None
 
         endpoint_type: Final[EndpointType] = HttpPassThroughEndpointHelpers.get_endpoint_type(str(url))
 
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/pass_through_endpoints/test_pass_through_endpoints.py b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/pass_through_endpoints/test_pass_through_endpoints.py
index 8a59dcbcafd..18baeeb7103 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/pass_through_endpoints/test_pass_through_endpoints.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/pass_through_endpoints/test_pass_through_endpoints.py
@@ -2529,12 +2529,12 @@ async def test_pass_through_request_default_query_params_reach_the_wire():
 
 
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
-async def test_pass_through_request_without_merge_preserves_target_query():
+async def test_pass_through_request_without_merge_replaces_target_query():
     wire_url = await _run_pass_through_and_capture_wire_url(
         target="https://www.bing.com/search?setLang=en-US",
         incoming_query="q=litellm",
     )
-    assert dict(wire_url.params) == {"setLang": "en-US", "q": "litellm"}
+    assert dict(wire_url.params) == {"q": "litellm"}
 
 
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
@@ -2546,15 +2546,6 @@ async def test_pass_through_request_preserves_target_query_without_client_query(
     assert dict(wire_url.params) == {"alt": "sse"}
 
 
-@pytest.mark.asyncio
-async def test_pass_through_request_preserves_target_query_with_client_query():
-    wire_url = await _run_pass_through_and_capture_wire_url(
-        target="https://example.com/v1/models/gemini:streamGenerateContent?alt=sse",
-        incoming_query="key=abc",
-    )
-    assert dict(wire_url.params) == {"alt": "sse", "key": "abc"}
-
-
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_pass_through_request_merge_query_params_rewrites_managed_ids_on_the_wire():
     """