diff --git a/litellm/proxy/example_config_yaml/otel_test_config.yaml b/litellm/proxy/example_config_yaml/otel_test_config.yaml
index 54d9286c9f..36cce1198e 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/example_config_yaml/otel_test_config.yaml
+++ b/litellm/proxy/example_config_yaml/otel_test_config.yaml
@@ -1,20 +1,20 @@
 model_list:
-  - model_name: fake-openai-endpoint
-    litellm_params:
-      model: openai/fake
-      api_key: fake-key
-      api_base: https://exampleopenaiendpoint-production.up.railway.app/
-      tags: ["teamA"]
-    model_info:
-      id: "teama"
-  - model_name: fake-openai-endpoint
-    litellm_params:
-      model: openai/fake
-      api_key: fake-key
-      api_base: https://exampleopenaiendpoint-production.up.railway.app/
-      tags: ["teamB"]
-    model_info:
-      id: "teamb"
+ - model_name: fake-openai-endpoint
+   litellm_params:
+     model: openai/fake
+     api_key: fake-key
+     api_base: https://exampleopenaiendpoint-production.up.railway.app/
+     tags: ["teamA"] # 👈 Key Change
+   model_info:
+     id: "team-a-model" # used for identifying model in response headers
+ - model_name: fake-openai-endpoint
+   litellm_params:
+     model: openai/fake
+     api_key: fake-key
+     api_base: https://exampleopenaiendpoint-production.up.railway.app/
+     tags: ["teamB"] # 👈 Key Change
+   model_info:
+     id: "team-b-model" # used for identifying model in response headers
   - model_name: rerank-english-v3.0
     litellm_params:
       model: cohere/rerank-english-v3.0
diff --git a/litellm/proxy/litellm_pre_call_utils.py b/litellm/proxy/litellm_pre_call_utils.py
index f973d614c8..60052bc273 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/litellm_pre_call_utils.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/litellm_pre_call_utils.py
@@ -379,12 +379,6 @@ async def add_litellm_data_to_request(
             # unpack callback_vars in data
             for k, v in callback_settings_obj.callback_vars.items():
                 data[k] = v
-    # Team based tags
-    add_team_based_tags_to_metadata(
-        data=data,
-        _metadata_variable_name=_metadata_variable_name,
-        user_api_key_dict=user_api_key_dict,
-    )
 
     # Guardrails
     move_guardrails_to_metadata(
@@ -396,24 +390,6 @@ async def add_litellm_data_to_request(
     return data
 
 
-def add_team_based_tags_to_metadata(
-    data: dict,
-    _metadata_variable_name: str,
-    user_api_key_dict: UserAPIKeyAuth,
-):
-    from litellm.proxy.proxy_server import premium_user
-
-    if premium_user is True:
-        if (
-            user_api_key_dict.team_metadata is not None
-            and "tags" in user_api_key_dict.team_metadata
-        ):
-            _team_tags = user_api_key_dict.team_metadata["tags"]
-            _tags_in_metadata = data[_metadata_variable_name].get("tags", [])
-            _tags_in_metadata.extend(_team_tags)
-            data[_metadata_variable_name]["tags"] = _tags_in_metadata
-
-
 def move_guardrails_to_metadata(
     data: dict,
     _metadata_variable_name: str,
diff --git a/tests/otel_tests/test_team_tag_routing.py b/tests/otel_tests/test_team_tag_routing.py
index 390e7dce65..6c7d9b4503 100644
--- a/tests/otel_tests/test_team_tag_routing.py
+++ b/tests/otel_tests/test_team_tag_routing.py
@@ -109,7 +109,9 @@ async def test_team_tag_routing():
             headers = dict(headers)
             print(response_a)
             print(headers)
-            assert headers["x-litellm-model-id"] == "teama", "Model ID should be teamA"
+            assert (
+                headers["x-litellm-model-id"] == "team-a-model"
+            ), "Model ID should be teamA"
 
         key_with_team_b = await create_key_with_team(session, key, team_b_id)
         _key_with_team_b = key_with_team_b["key"]
@@ -118,7 +120,9 @@ async def test_team_tag_routing():
             headers = dict(headers)
             print(response_b)
             print(headers)
-            assert headers["x-litellm-model-id"] == "teamb", "Model ID should be teamB"
+            assert (
+                headers["x-litellm-model-id"] == "team-b-model"
+            ), "Model ID should be teamB"
 
 
 @pytest.mark.asyncio()