diff --git a/lib/crewai/src/crewai/llm.py b/lib/crewai/src/crewai/llm.py
index 5ba3d6514..d27548750 100644
--- a/lib/crewai/src/crewai/llm.py
+++ b/lib/crewai/src/crewai/llm.py
@@ -500,9 +500,7 @@ class LLM(BaseLLM):
         # Remove None values from params
         params = {k: v for k, v in params.items() if v is not None}
 
-        params = self._apply_additional_drop_params(params)
-
-        return params
+        return self._apply_additional_drop_params(params)
 
     def _handle_streaming_response(
         self,
diff --git a/lib/crewai/src/crewai/llms/providers/anthropic/completion.py b/lib/crewai/src/crewai/llms/providers/anthropic/completion.py
index 247664998..b57a5555e 100644
--- a/lib/crewai/src/crewai/llms/providers/anthropic/completion.py
+++ b/lib/crewai/src/crewai/llms/providers/anthropic/completion.py
@@ -201,9 +201,7 @@ class AnthropicCompletion(BaseLLM):
         if tools and self.supports_tools:
             params["tools"] = self._convert_tools_for_interference(tools)
 
-        params = self._apply_additional_drop_params(params)
-
-        return params
+        return self._apply_additional_drop_params(params)
 
     def _convert_tools_for_interference(self, tools: list[dict]) -> list[dict]:
         """Convert CrewAI tool format to Anthropic tool use format."""
diff --git a/lib/crewai/src/crewai/llms/providers/azure/completion.py b/lib/crewai/src/crewai/llms/providers/azure/completion.py
index 32b89410b..da84aa84a 100644
--- a/lib/crewai/src/crewai/llms/providers/azure/completion.py
+++ b/lib/crewai/src/crewai/llms/providers/azure/completion.py
@@ -273,9 +273,7 @@ class AzureCompletion(BaseLLM):
             params["tools"] = self._convert_tools_for_interference(tools)
             params["tool_choice"] = "auto"
 
-        params = self._apply_additional_drop_params(params)
-
-        return params
+        return self._apply_additional_drop_params(params)
 
     def _convert_tools_for_interference(self, tools: list[dict]) -> list[dict]:
         """Convert CrewAI tool format to Azure OpenAI function calling format."""
diff --git a/lib/crewai/src/crewai/llms/providers/openai/completion.py b/lib/crewai/src/crewai/llms/providers/openai/completion.py
index bd8b33d50..bb769fa3b 100644
--- a/lib/crewai/src/crewai/llms/providers/openai/completion.py
+++ b/lib/crewai/src/crewai/llms/providers/openai/completion.py
@@ -251,9 +251,7 @@ class OpenAICompletion(BaseLLM):
 
         params = {k: v for k, v in params.items() if k not in crewai_specific_params}
 
-        params = self._apply_additional_drop_params(params)
-
-        return params
+        return self._apply_additional_drop_params(params)
 
     def _convert_tools_for_interference(self, tools: list[dict]) -> list[dict]:
         """Convert CrewAI tool format to OpenAI function calling format."""