diff --git a/litellm/proxy/pass_through_endpoints/pass_through_endpoints.py b/litellm/proxy/pass_through_endpoints/pass_through_endpoints.py
index 3beaa32b313..0f676a1feb2 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/pass_through_endpoints/pass_through_endpoints.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/pass_through_endpoints/pass_through_endpoints.py
@@ -2033,13 +2033,13 @@ class InitPassThroughEndpointHelpers:
             route_info = _registered_pass_through_routes[key]
             path = route_info.get("path")
             if isinstance(path, str):
-                # Remove base path and wildcard path from openai_routes
                 openai_routes = LiteLLMRoutes.openai_routes.value
                 if path in openai_routes:
                     openai_routes.remove(path)
-                wildcard_path = path.rstrip("/") + "/*"
-                if wildcard_path in openai_routes:
-                    openai_routes.remove(wildcard_path)
+                if route_info.get("type") == "subpath":
+                    wildcard_path = path.rstrip("/") + "/*"
+                    if wildcard_path in openai_routes:
+                        openai_routes.remove(wildcard_path)
             del _registered_pass_through_routes[key]
             verbose_proxy_logger.debug(
                 "Removed pass-through route from registry: %s", key
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/auth/test_route_checks.py b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/auth/test_route_checks.py
index b6c4fa73dfb..83703cd4edd 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/auth/test_route_checks.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/auth/test_route_checks.py
@@ -1397,3 +1397,10 @@ async def test_initialize_pass_through_registers_wildcard_for_auth_subpath():
             assert wildcard_path not in LiteLLMRoutes.openai_routes.value
     finally:
         LiteLLMRoutes.openai_routes.value[:] = original_routes
+        # Clean up any routes registered during this test to avoid
+        # polluting the module-level _registered_pass_through_routes
+        registered = InitPassThroughEndpointHelpers.get_all_registered_pass_through_routes()
+        for k in registered:
+            InitPassThroughEndpointHelpers.remove_endpoint_routes(
+                k.split(":")[0]
+            )