diff --git a/litellm/litellm_core_utils/core_helpers.py b/litellm/litellm_core_utils/core_helpers.py
index 5af2be774c0..25fca539f17 100644
--- a/litellm/litellm_core_utils/core_helpers.py
+++ b/litellm/litellm_core_utils/core_helpers.py
@@ -31,11 +31,7 @@ def is_codex_user_agent(user_agent: str) -> bool:
 
 
 def qualify_provider_stripped_model(model: str, custom_llm_provider: str) -> str:
-    """Put the provider prefix back on a provider-stripped model.
-
-    A sub-path provider (``bedrock/mantle/...``) leaves a slash in the remainder, so
-    treating any slash as "already qualified" would drop the prefix.
-    """
+    """Put the provider prefix back on a provider-stripped model."""
     if not custom_llm_provider or model.startswith(f"{custom_llm_provider}/"):
         return model
     return f"{custom_llm_provider}/{model}"
diff --git a/tests/unit/litellm_core_utils/test_core_helpers.py b/tests/unit/litellm_core_utils/test_core_helpers.py
index cf61a765002..9d382cb5ae1 100644
--- a/tests/unit/litellm_core_utils/test_core_helpers.py
+++ b/tests/unit/litellm_core_utils/test_core_helpers.py
@@ -561,10 +561,7 @@ class TestProviderResponseHeadersInHiddenParams:
 
 
 class TestQualifyProviderStrippedModel:
-    """#38829: an agentic follow-up re-dispatched the provider-stripped model. For providers
-    that route through a sub-path the remainder still holds a slash, and the old
-    "any slash means already qualified" test dropped the prefix, leaving a string
-    litellm.acompletion could not resolve a provider from."""
+    """#38829: a model whose remainder still holds a slash must keep its provider prefix."""
 
     @pytest.mark.parametrize(
         "model,provider,expected",
@@ -590,7 +587,6 @@ class TestQualifyProviderStrippedModel:
         assert qualify_provider_stripped_model(model, provider) == model
 
     def test_a_provider_that_only_shares_a_prefix_is_still_qualified(self):
-        """`openai` must not be read as a prefix of `openai_like`."""
         assert qualify_provider_stripped_model("openai_like/foo", "openai") == "openai/openai_like/foo"
 
     def test_no_provider_leaves_the_model_untouched(self):
diff --git a/tests/unit/llms/custom_httpx/test_llm_http_handler.py b/tests/unit/llms/custom_httpx/test_llm_http_handler.py
index 433cd467730..dd81f106d6a 100644
--- a/tests/unit/llms/custom_httpx/test_llm_http_handler.py
+++ b/tests/unit/llms/custom_httpx/test_llm_http_handler.py
@@ -4305,10 +4305,7 @@ async def test_async_text_to_speech_handler_records_upstream_response_headers():
 
 
 class TestAgenticFollowUpKeepsTheProviderPrefix:
-    """#38829: the follow-up re-dispatched the provider-stripped model. For a provider that
-    routes through a sub-path the remainder still holds a slash, so the old
-    "a slash means already qualified" test dropped the prefix and the follow-up raised
-    "LLM Provider NOT provided"."""
+    """#38829: the follow-up must re-dispatch a model litellm.acompletion can route."""
 
     @staticmethod
     def _plan():
@@ -4340,7 +4337,6 @@ class TestAgenticFollowUpKeepsTheProviderPrefix:
 
     @pytest.mark.asyncio
     async def test_a_sub_path_model_still_resolves_a_provider(self):
-        """bedrock/mantle/... reaches the handler as mantle/..., which alone is unroutable."""
         response = await self._run_followup("mantle/anthropic.claude-sonnet-5", "bedrock")
 
         assert response.choices[0].message.content == "ok from followup"