diff --git a/litellm/__init__.py b/litellm/__init__.py
index a29ee73013b..7d5051790cc 100644
--- a/litellm/__init__.py
+++ b/litellm/__init__.py
@@ -245,11 +245,6 @@ use_chat_completions_url_for_anthropic_messages: bool = bool(
 # config.yaml.
 strip_anthropic_total_tokens: bool = False
 anthropic_sse_ping_interval_seconds: float = 15.0
-# Emit an SSE comment (": ping") on OpenAI-shaped streaming routes (/chat/completions,
-# /v1/responses, ...) whenever the upstream has sent nothing for this many seconds, so
-# intermediaries with an idle read timeout (e.g. nginx `proxy-read-timeout`) don't drop
-# long time-to-first-token streams. Disabled unless set, via
-# `litellm_settings.sse_keepalive_ping_interval_seconds` in config.yaml.
 sse_keepalive_ping_interval_seconds: float | None = None
 route_all_chat_openai_to_responses: bool = (
     os.getenv("LITELLM_ROUTE_ALL_CHAT_OPENAI_TO_RESPONSES", "false").lower() == "true"