diff --git a/litellm/llms/azure/responses/transformation.py b/litellm/llms/azure/responses/transformation.py
index 73187c456bb..a5d3608d98c 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/azure/responses/transformation.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/azure/responses/transformation.py
@@ -98,6 +98,8 @@ class AzureOpenAIResponsesAPIConfig(OpenAIResponsesAPIConfig):
         return LlmProviders.AZURE
 
     def _sampling_params_allowed(self, model: str, effort: str | None) -> bool:
+        if self.custom_llm_provider != LlmProviders.AZURE:
+            return super()._sampling_params_allowed(model, effort)
         return AzureOpenAIGPT5Config.sampling_params_allowed(
             model, effort, fallback_allowed=not self._is_gpt_5_model(model)
         )
diff --git a/litellm/types/utils.py b/litellm/types/utils.py
index 5a14dc95e7c..4314b1724e9 100644
--- a/litellm/types/utils.py
+++ b/litellm/types/utils.py
@@ -4302,6 +4302,7 @@ DEPLOYMENT_SCOPED_CAPABILITY_FIELDS: Final[frozenset[str]] = frozenset(
     {
         "supports_regex_lookaround",
         "supports_assistant_prefill",
+        "supports_sampling_params",
         "supports_bedrock_native_structured_output",
         "supports_per_turn_control",
         "supports_pdf_input",