From b185893d65a75e45be789178ec4a16fd17b8ca39 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jared Moore <27744679+jlcmoore@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2026 15:45:47 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] unnecessary check

---
 litellm/batches/batch_utils.py | 3 ---
 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/litellm/batches/batch_utils.py b/litellm/batches/batch_utils.py
index 2314eecdff4..d63482977ed 100644
--- a/litellm/batches/batch_utils.py
+++ b/litellm/batches/batch_utils.py
@@ -251,9 +251,6 @@ async def _get_vertex_ai_batch_output_with_custom_id(
     if batch.output_file_id is None:
         raise ValueError("Output file id is None cannot retrieve file content")
 
-    if batch.input_file_id is None:
-        raise ValueError("Input file id is None cannot map vertex batch outputs")
-
     credentials = _extract_file_access_credentials(litellm_params)
 
     output_content = await afile_content(