diff --git a/tests/code_coverage_tests/recursive_detector.py b/tests/code_coverage_tests/recursive_detector.py
index d8e318c61af..3c6a6a58820 100644
--- a/tests/code_coverage_tests/recursive_detector.py
+++ b/tests/code_coverage_tests/recursive_detector.py
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ IGNORE_FUNCTIONS = [
     "_collect_argument_paths",  # max depth set.
     "_split_text",  # max depth set.
     "_mask_sequence",  # max depth set.
-    "_walk_payload",  # max depth set (DEFAULT_MAX_RECURSE_DEPTH_SENSITIVE_DATA_MASKER).
     "_delete_nested_value_custom",  # max depth set (bounded by number of path segments).
     "filter_exceptions_from_params",  # max depth set (default 20) to prevent infinite recursion.
     "__getattr__",  # lazy loading pattern in litellm/__init__.py with proper caching to prevent infinite recursion.