diff --git a/litellm/proxy/auth/model_checks.py b/litellm/proxy/auth/model_checks.py
index 050d6feab5e..26f68af9ca2 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/auth/model_checks.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/auth/model_checks.py
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ def get_known_models_from_wildcard(wildcard_model: str, litellm_params: LiteLLM_
             wildcard_models = [f"{model_prefix}{model}" for model in wildcard_models]
 
     known_providers: Final = {provider.value for provider in LlmProviders}
-    suffix_appended_wildcard_models: Final[list[str]] = []
+    suffix_appended_wildcard_models: Final = []
     for model in wildcard_models:
         if not model.startswith(f"{wildcard_provider_prefix}/"):
             # `get_provider_models` returns provider-prefixed ids (e.g. "ollama/gemma3:1b").