diff --git a/src/crewai/agents/agent_builder/base_agent.py b/src/crewai/agents/agent_builder/base_agent.py
index 559812387..a82cd12d7 100644
--- a/src/crewai/agents/agent_builder/base_agent.py
+++ b/src/crewai/agents/agent_builder/base_agent.py
@@ -171,15 +171,15 @@ class BaseAgent(ABC, BaseModel):
         tool meets these criteria, it is processed and added to the list of
         tools. Otherwise, a ValueError is raised.
         """
+        if not tools:
+            return []
+
         processed_tools = []
+        required_attrs = ["name", "func", "description"]
         for tool in tools:
             if isinstance(tool, BaseTool):
                 processed_tools.append(tool)
-            elif (
-                hasattr(tool, "name")
-                and hasattr(tool, "func")
-                and hasattr(tool, "description")
-            ):
+            elif all(hasattr(tool, attr) for attr in required_attrs):
                 # Tool has the required attributes, create a Tool instance
                 processed_tools.append(Tool.from_langchain(tool))
             else:
@@ -261,13 +261,6 @@ class BaseAgent(ABC, BaseModel):
         """Set the task tools that init BaseAgenTools class."""
         pass
 
-    # @abstractmethod
-    # def get_output_converter(
-    #     self, llm: Any, text: str, model: type[BaseModel] | None, instructions: str
-    # ) -> Converter:
-    #     """Get the converter class for the agent to create json/pydantic outputs."""
-    #     pass
-
     def copy(self: T) -> T:  # type: ignore # Signature of "copy" incompatible with supertype "BaseModel"
         """Create a deep copy of the Agent."""
         exclude = {