From e9216053387c148a8252cc12b67b8adcd8fb8af4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: yucheng <yucheng@berri.ai>
Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2026 01:04:07 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] refactor(fips): keep fips_mode out of the API-writable
 general settings, it is read from the config file only

---
 litellm/proxy/_types.py | 7 -------
 1 file changed, 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/litellm/proxy/_types.py b/litellm/proxy/_types.py
index 191209f03a0..07588053959 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/_types.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/_types.py
@@ -2507,13 +2507,6 @@ class ConfigGeneralSettings(LiteLLMPydanticObjectBase):
         None,
         description="local development only: start even when master_key is unset, empty, or a publicly known default",
     )
-    fips_mode: bool | None = Field(
-        None,
-        description=(
-            "refuse to start unless Python's and the cryptography library's OpenSSL enforce FIPS, and only start on "
-            "a new database or one set up in FIPS mode"
-        ),
-    )
     coordination_redis: CoordinationRedisParams | None = Field(
         None,
         description=(