diff --git a/litellm/proxy/common_utils/html_forms/default_credentials_hint.py b/litellm/proxy/common_utils/html_forms/default_credentials_hint.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e3ed948501b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/litellm/proxy/common_utils/html_forms/default_credentials_hint.py
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+import os
+from collections.abc import Mapping
+
+
+def should_hide_default_credentials_hint(general_settings: Mapping[str, object]) -> bool:
+    return (
+        os.getenv("LITELLM_HIDE_DEFAULT_CREDENTIALS_HINT", "false").lower() == "true"
+        or general_settings.get("hide_default_credentials_hint", False) is True
+        or bool(os.getenv("UI_PASSWORD"))
+    )
diff --git a/litellm/proxy/discovery_endpoints/ui_discovery_endpoints.py b/litellm/proxy/discovery_endpoints/ui_discovery_endpoints.py
index e0efe9dea2c..8b042d18cd0 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/discovery_endpoints/ui_discovery_endpoints.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/discovery_endpoints/ui_discovery_endpoints.py
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 #### Analytics Endpoints #####
 import os
-from collections.abc import Mapping
 from typing import Final
 
 from fastapi import APIRouter
 
+from litellm.proxy.common_utils.html_forms.default_credentials_hint import should_hide_default_credentials_hint
 from litellm.types.proxy.discovery_endpoints.ui_discovery_endpoints import (
     UiDiscoveryEndpoints,
 )
@@ -12,14 +12,6 @@ from litellm.types.proxy.discovery_endpoints.ui_discovery_endpoints import (
 router: Final = APIRouter()
 
 
-def should_hide_default_credentials_hint(general_settings: Mapping[str, object]) -> bool:
-    return (
-        os.getenv("LITELLM_HIDE_DEFAULT_CREDENTIALS_HINT", "false").lower() == "true"
-        or general_settings.get("hide_default_credentials_hint", False) is True
-        or bool(os.getenv("UI_PASSWORD"))
-    )
-
-
 @router.get("/.well-known/litellm-ui-config", response_model=UiDiscoveryEndpoints)
 @router.get("/litellm/.well-known/litellm-ui-config", response_model=UiDiscoveryEndpoints)  # if mounted at root path
 async def get_ui_config():
diff --git a/litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/ui_sso.py b/litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/ui_sso.py
index 6a775998f4f..091dccf1433 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/ui_sso.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/ui_sso.py
@@ -101,12 +101,12 @@ from litellm.proxy.common_utils.admin_ui_utils import (
     admin_ui_disabled,
     show_missing_vars_in_env,
 )
+from litellm.proxy.common_utils.html_forms.default_credentials_hint import should_hide_default_credentials_hint
 from litellm.proxy.common_utils.html_forms.jwt_display_template import (
     jwt_display_template,
 )
 from litellm.proxy.common_utils.html_forms.ui_login import build_ui_login_form
 from litellm.proxy.common_utils.user_api_key_cache import UserApiKeyCache
-from litellm.proxy.discovery_endpoints.ui_discovery_endpoints import should_hide_default_credentials_hint
 from litellm.proxy.management_endpoints.internal_user_endpoints import new_user
 from litellm.proxy.management_endpoints.sso import CustomMicrosoftSSO
 from litellm.proxy.management_endpoints.sso.id_jag_assertion_capture import (
diff --git a/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py b/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
index 230513d7eb4..fce468aa564 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
@@ -365,6 +365,7 @@ from litellm.proxy.common_utils.healthy_model_filter import (
     get_hidden_unhealthy_model_names,
     is_healthy_only_listing_default,
 )
+from litellm.proxy.common_utils.html_forms.default_credentials_hint import should_hide_default_credentials_hint
 from litellm.proxy.common_utils.html_forms.ui_login import build_ui_login_form
 from litellm.proxy.common_utils.http_parsing_utils import (
     _read_request_body,
@@ -450,7 +451,6 @@ from litellm.proxy.discovery_endpoints import (
     agent_skills_discovery_router,
     ui_discovery_endpoints_router,
 )
-from litellm.proxy.discovery_endpoints.ui_discovery_endpoints import should_hide_default_credentials_hint
 from litellm.proxy.fine_tuning_endpoints.endpoints import router as fine_tuning_router
 from litellm.proxy.fine_tuning_endpoints.endpoints import set_fine_tuning_config
 from litellm.proxy.google_endpoints.endpoints import router as google_router