diff --git a/docs/my-website/docs/proxy/caching.md b/docs/my-website/docs/proxy/caching.md
index 49f0e19943..1fb7385f68 100644
--- a/docs/my-website/docs/proxy/caching.md
+++ b/docs/my-website/docs/proxy/caching.md
@@ -278,8 +278,6 @@ Set either `REDIS_URL` or the `REDIS_HOST` in your os environment, to enable cac
   REDIS_HOST = ""       # REDIS_HOST='redis-18841.c274.us-east-1-3.ec2.cloud.redislabs.com'
   REDIS_PORT = ""       # REDIS_PORT='18841'
   REDIS_PASSWORD = ""   # REDIS_PASSWORD='liteLlmIsAmazing'
-  REDIS_USERNAME = ""   # REDIS_USERNAME='my-redis-username' [OPTIONAL] if your redis server requires a username
-  REDIS_SSL = "True"    # REDIS_SSL='True' to enable SSL by default is False
   ```
 
 **Additional kwargs**  
diff --git a/litellm/_redis.py b/litellm/_redis.py
index 8b64fe3dad..8371ef5bbc 100644
--- a/litellm/_redis.py
+++ b/litellm/_redis.py
@@ -174,21 +174,14 @@ def get_redis_url_from_environment():
         raise ValueError(
             "Either 'REDIS_URL' or both 'REDIS_HOST' and 'REDIS_PORT' must be specified for Redis."
         )
-    
-    if "REDIS_SSL" in os.environ and os.environ["REDIS_SSL"].lower() == "true":
-        redis_protocol = "rediss"
+
+    if "REDIS_PASSWORD" in os.environ:
+        redis_password = f":{os.environ['REDIS_PASSWORD']}@"
     else:
-        redis_protocol = "redis"
-    
-    # Build authentication part of URL
-    auth_part = ""
-    if "REDIS_USERNAME" in os.environ and "REDIS_PASSWORD" in os.environ:
-        auth_part = f"{os.environ['REDIS_USERNAME']}:{os.environ['REDIS_PASSWORD']}@"
-    elif "REDIS_PASSWORD" in os.environ:
-        auth_part = f"{os.environ['REDIS_PASSWORD']}@"
-    
+        redis_password = ""
+
     return (
-        f"{redis_protocol}://{auth_part}{os.environ['REDIS_HOST']}:{os.environ['REDIS_PORT']}"
+        f"redis://{redis_password}{os.environ['REDIS_HOST']}:{os.environ['REDIS_PORT']}"
     )
 
 
diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/test_redis.py b/tests/test_litellm/test_redis.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 991126c2fe..0000000000
--- a/tests/test_litellm/test_redis.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,109 +0,0 @@
-from litellm._redis import get_redis_url_from_environment
-import os
-import pytest
-
-def test_get_redis_url_from_environment_single_url(monkeypatch):
-    """Test when REDIS_URL is directly provided"""
-    # Set the environment variable
-    monkeypatch.setenv("REDIS_URL", "redis://redis-server:6379/0")
-
-    # Call the function to get the Redis URL
-    redis_url = get_redis_url_from_environment()
-
-    # Assert that the returned URL matches the expected value
-    assert redis_url == "redis://redis-server:6379/0"
-
-def test_get_redis_url_from_environment_host_port(monkeypatch):
-    """Test when REDIS_HOST and REDIS_PORT are provided"""
-    # Set the environment variables
-    monkeypatch.setenv("REDIS_HOST", "redis-server")
-    monkeypatch.setenv("REDIS_PORT", "6379")
-
-    # Call the function to get the Redis URL
-    redis_url = get_redis_url_from_environment()
-
-    # Assert that the returned URL matches the expected value
-    assert redis_url == "redis://redis-server:6379"
-
-def test_get_redis_url_from_environment_with_ssl(monkeypatch):
-    """Test when SSL is enabled"""
-    # Set the environment variables
-    monkeypatch.setenv("REDIS_HOST", "redis-server")
-    monkeypatch.setenv("REDIS_PORT", "6379")
-    monkeypatch.setenv("REDIS_SSL", "true")
-
-    # Call the function to get the Redis URL
-    redis_url = get_redis_url_from_environment()
-
-    # Assert that the returned URL uses rediss:// protocol
-    assert redis_url == "rediss://redis-server:6379"
-
-def test_get_redis_url_from_environment_with_username_password(monkeypatch):
-    """Test when username and password are provided"""
-    # Set the environment variables
-    monkeypatch.setenv("REDIS_HOST", "redis-server")
-    monkeypatch.setenv("REDIS_PORT", "6379")
-    monkeypatch.setenv("REDIS_USERNAME", "user")
-    monkeypatch.setenv("REDIS_PASSWORD", "password")
-
-    # Call the function to get the Redis URL
-    redis_url = get_redis_url_from_environment()
-
-    # Assert that the returned URL includes username:password@
-    assert redis_url == "redis://user:password@redis-server:6379"
-
-def test_get_redis_url_from_environment_with_password_only(monkeypatch):
-    """Test when only password is provided"""
-    # Set the environment variables
-    monkeypatch.setenv("REDIS_HOST", "redis-server")
-    monkeypatch.setenv("REDIS_PORT", "6379")
-    monkeypatch.setenv("REDIS_PASSWORD", "password")
-
-    # Call the function to get the Redis URL
-    redis_url = get_redis_url_from_environment()
-
-    # Assert that the returned URL includes :password@
-    assert redis_url == "redis://password@redis-server:6379"
-
-def test_get_redis_url_from_environment_with_all_options(monkeypatch):
-    """Test when all options are provided"""
-    # Set the environment variables
-    monkeypatch.setenv("REDIS_HOST", "redis-server")
-    monkeypatch.setenv("REDIS_PORT", "6379")
-    monkeypatch.setenv("REDIS_USERNAME", "user")
-    monkeypatch.setenv("REDIS_PASSWORD", "password")
-    monkeypatch.setenv("REDIS_SSL", "true")
-
-    # Call the function to get the Redis URL
-    redis_url = get_redis_url_from_environment()
-
-    # Assert that the returned URL includes all components
-    assert redis_url == "rediss://user:password@redis-server:6379"
-
-def test_get_redis_url_from_environment_missing_host_port(monkeypatch):
-    """Test error when required variables are missing"""
-    # Make sure these environment variables don't exist
-    monkeypatch.delenv("REDIS_URL", raising=False)
-    monkeypatch.delenv("REDIS_HOST", raising=False)
-    monkeypatch.delenv("REDIS_PORT", raising=False)
-
-    # Call the function and expect a ValueError
-    with pytest.raises(ValueError) as excinfo:
-        get_redis_url_from_environment()
-    
-    # Check the error message
-    assert "Either 'REDIS_URL' or both 'REDIS_HOST' and 'REDIS_PORT' must be specified" in str(excinfo.value)
-
-def test_get_redis_url_from_environment_missing_port(monkeypatch):
-    """Test error when only REDIS_HOST is provided but REDIS_PORT is missing"""
-    # Make sure REDIS_URL doesn't exist and set only REDIS_HOST
-    monkeypatch.delenv("REDIS_URL", raising=False)
-    monkeypatch.delenv("REDIS_PORT", raising=False)
-    monkeypatch.setenv("REDIS_HOST", "redis-server")
-
-    # Call the function and expect a ValueError
-    with pytest.raises(ValueError) as excinfo:
-        get_redis_url_from_environment()
-    
-    # Check the error message
-    assert "Either 'REDIS_URL' or both 'REDIS_HOST' and 'REDIS_PORT' must be specified" in str(excinfo.value)