diff --git a/litellm/llms/vertex_ai/vertex_llm_base.py b/litellm/llms/vertex_ai/vertex_llm_base.py
index 8f3037c791..b4b04df0a9 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/vertex_ai/vertex_llm_base.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/vertex_ai/vertex_llm_base.py
@@ -93,7 +93,6 @@ class VertexBase:
                 project_id = getattr(creds, "project_id", None)
         else:
             creds, creds_project_id = google_auth.default(
-                quota_project_id=project_id,
                 scopes=["https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform"],
             )
             if project_id is None: