diff --git a/tests/local_testing/test_whisper.py b/tests/local_testing/test_whisper.py
index 1d7b740874..1e4d421bb3 100644
--- a/tests/local_testing/test_whisper.py
+++ b/tests/local_testing/test_whisper.py
@@ -55,30 +55,18 @@ from litellm import Router
     "response_format, timestamp_granularities",
     [("json", None), ("vtt", None), ("verbose_json", ["word"])],
 )
-@pytest.mark.parametrize("sync_mode", [True, False])
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_transcription(
     model, api_key, api_base, response_format, sync_mode, timestamp_granularities
 ):
-    if sync_mode:
-        transcript = litellm.transcription(
-            model=model,
-            file=audio_file,
-            api_key=api_key,
-            api_base=api_base,
-            response_format=response_format,
-            timestamp_granularities=timestamp_granularities,
-            drop_params=True,
-        )
-    else:
-        transcript = await litellm.atranscription(
-            model=model,
-            file=audio_file,
-            api_key=api_key,
-            api_base=api_base,
-            response_format=response_format,
-            drop_params=True,
-        )
+    transcript = await litellm.atranscription(
+        model=model,
+        file=audio_file,
+        api_key=api_key,
+        api_base=api_base,
+        response_format=response_format,
+        drop_params=True,
+    )
     print(f"transcript: {transcript.model_dump()}")
     print(f"transcript: {transcript._hidden_params}")