diff --git a/litellm/llms/bedrock/chat/invoke_transformations/amazon_moonshot_transformation.py b/litellm/llms/bedrock/chat/invoke_transformations/amazon_moonshot_transformation.py
index 91c3a363c31..04c6ec86a13 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/bedrock/chat/invoke_transformations/amazon_moonshot_transformation.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/bedrock/chat/invoke_transformations/amazon_moonshot_transformation.py
@@ -149,19 +149,15 @@ class AmazonMoonshotConfig(AmazonInvokeConfig, MoonshotChatConfig):
         - Temperature and parameter validation
 
         """
-        # Filter out AWS credentials using the existing method from BaseAWSLLM
-        self._get_boto_credentials_from_optional_params(optional_params, model)
+        inference_params: Final = {k: v for k, v in optional_params.items() if k not in self.aws_authentication_params}
 
-        # Strip routing prefixes to get the actual model ID
         clean_model_id: Final = self._get_model_id(model)
 
-        # Use Moonshot's transform_request which handles message transformation
-        # and tool_choice="required" workaround
         return MoonshotChatConfig.transform_request(
             self,
             model=clean_model_id,
             messages=messages,
-            optional_params=optional_params,
+            optional_params=inference_params,
             litellm_params=litellm_params,
             headers=headers,
         )
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/llms/bedrock/chat/invoke_transformations/test_amazon_moonshot_transformation.py b/tests/test_litellm/llms/bedrock/chat/invoke_transformations/test_amazon_moonshot_transformation.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..531f334e460
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/llms/bedrock/chat/invoke_transformations/test_amazon_moonshot_transformation.py
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+import pytest
+
+from litellm.llms.bedrock.chat.invoke_transformations.amazon_moonshot_transformation import (
+    AmazonMoonshotConfig,
+)
+
+AWS_AUTH_PARAMS = {
+    "aws_access_key_id": "AKIAEXAMPLE",
+    "aws_secret_access_key": "secret",
+    "aws_session_token": "token",
+    "aws_region_name": "us-west-2",
+    "aws_session_name": "session",
+    "aws_role_name": "arn:aws:iam::000000000000:role/example",
+    "aws_web_identity_token": "web-identity",
+    "aws_sts_endpoint": "https://sts.us-west-2.amazonaws.com",
+    "aws_bedrock_runtime_endpoint": "https://bedrock-runtime.us-west-2.amazonaws.com",
+    "aws_external_id": "external",
+}
+
+
+def test_transform_request_never_resolves_aws_credentials():
+    """A broken credential chain must not stop the request body from being built."""
+    config = AmazonMoonshotConfig()
+
+    transformed = config.transform_request(
+        model="bedrock/invoke/moonshot.kimi-k2-thinking",
+        messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}],
+        optional_params={"aws_profile_name": "litellm-profile-that-does-not-exist", "max_tokens": 16},
+        litellm_params={},
+        headers={},
+    )
+
+    assert transformed["model"] == "moonshot.kimi-k2-thinking"
+    assert transformed["max_tokens"] == 16
+    assert "aws_profile_name" not in transformed
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("aws_param", sorted(AWS_AUTH_PARAMS))
+def test_transform_request_keeps_aws_params_out_of_the_body(aws_param: str):
+    config = AmazonMoonshotConfig()
+
+    transformed = config.transform_request(
+        model="bedrock/invoke/moonshot.kimi-k2-thinking",
+        messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}],
+        optional_params={aws_param: AWS_AUTH_PARAMS[aws_param]},
+        litellm_params={},
+        headers={},
+    )
+
+    assert aws_param not in transformed
+
+
+def test_transform_request_leaves_the_caller_aws_params_in_place_for_signing():
+    """sign_request reads the aws_* keys off optional_params after transform_request runs."""
+    config = AmazonMoonshotConfig()
+    optional_params = dict(AWS_AUTH_PARAMS)
+
+    config.transform_request(
+        model="bedrock/invoke/moonshot.kimi-k2-thinking",
+        messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}],
+        optional_params=optional_params,
+        litellm_params={},
+        headers={},
+    )
+
+    assert optional_params == AWS_AUTH_PARAMS