diff --git a/litellm/llms/azure_ai/common_utils.py b/litellm/llms/azure_ai/common_utils.py
index 704c7980744..dcc9335e42d 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/azure_ai/common_utils.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/azure_ai/common_utils.py
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ class AzureFoundryModelInfo(BaseLLMModelInfo):
             api_version
             or litellm.api_version
             or get_secret_str("AZURE_API_VERSION")
-            or get_secret_str("AZURE_AI_API_VERSION")
         )
         return api_version