diff --git a/litellm/_lazy_imports_registry.py b/litellm/_lazy_imports_registry.py
index 3531e8d96b..e3656b340f 100644
--- a/litellm/_lazy_imports_registry.py
+++ b/litellm/_lazy_imports_registry.py
@@ -376,7 +376,6 @@ UTILS_MODULE_NAMES = (
     "HTTPHandler",
     "get_num_retries_from_retry_policy",
     "reset_retry_policy",
-    "get_secret",
     "get_coroutine_checker",
     "get_litellm_logging_class",
     "get_set_callbacks",
@@ -1284,7 +1283,6 @@ _UTILS_MODULE_IMPORT_MAP = {
         "litellm.router_utils.get_retry_from_policy",
         "reset_retry_policy",
     ),
-    "get_secret": ("litellm.secret_managers.main", "get_secret"),
     "get_coroutine_checker": (
         "litellm.litellm_core_utils.cached_imports",
         "get_coroutine_checker",
diff --git a/litellm/utils.py b/litellm/utils.py
index 796547cb04..cefd348078 100644
--- a/litellm/utils.py
+++ b/litellm/utils.py
@@ -351,7 +351,6 @@ if TYPE_CHECKING:
         get_num_retries_from_retry_policy,
         reset_retry_policy,
     )
-    from litellm.secret_managers.main import get_secret
 
     # Type stubs for lazy-loaded config classes and types
     from litellm.llms.base_llm.batches.transformation import BaseBatchesConfig
@@ -384,6 +383,8 @@ if TYPE_CHECKING:
     )
     from litellm.types.router import LiteLLM_Params
 
+from litellm.secret_managers.main import get_secret
+
 from litellm.llms.base_llm.chat.transformation import BaseConfig
 from litellm.llms.base_llm.completion.transformation import BaseTextCompletionConfig
 from litellm.llms.base_llm.evals.transformation import BaseEvalsAPIConfig