diff --git a/litellm/llms/azure/audio_transcriptions.py b/litellm/llms/azure/audio_transcriptions.py
index 6daeff75e3..ffe43a4005 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/azure/audio_transcriptions.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/azure/audio_transcriptions.py
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ from typing import Any, Optional
 from openai import AsyncAzureOpenAI, AzureOpenAI
 from pydantic import BaseModel
 
-import litellm
 from litellm.litellm_core_utils.audio_utils.utils import get_audio_file_name
 from litellm.types.utils import FileTypes
 from litellm.utils import (
diff --git a/litellm/llms/azure/completion/handler.py b/litellm/llms/azure/completion/handler.py
index 67088a663a..8301c4d617 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/azure/completion/handler.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/azure/completion/handler.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ from typing import Any, Callable, Optional
 
 from openai import AsyncAzureOpenAI, AzureOpenAI
 
-import litellm
 from litellm.litellm_core_utils.prompt_templates.factory import prompt_factory
 from litellm.utils import CustomStreamWrapper, ModelResponse, TextCompletionResponse