diff --git a/pr_agent/algo/ai_handlers/litellm_ai_handler.py b/pr_agent/algo/ai_handlers/litellm_ai_handler.py
index 08810308..78d5f479 100644
--- a/pr_agent/algo/ai_handlers/litellm_ai_handler.py
+++ b/pr_agent/algo/ai_handlers/litellm_ai_handler.py
@@ -41,11 +41,6 @@ class LiteLLMAIHandler(BaseAiHandler):
             os.environ["AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID"] = get_settings().aws.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID
             os.environ["AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY"] = get_settings().aws.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
             os.environ["AWS_REGION_NAME"] = get_settings().aws.AWS_REGION_NAME
-        if get_settings().get("litellm.use_client"):
-            litellm_token = get_settings().get("litellm.LITELLM_TOKEN")
-            assert litellm_token, "LITELLM_TOKEN is required"
-            os.environ["LITELLM_TOKEN"] = litellm_token
-            litellm.use_client = True
         if get_settings().get("LITELLM.DROP_PARAMS", None):
             litellm.drop_params = get_settings().litellm.drop_params
         if get_settings().get("LITELLM.SUCCESS_CALLBACK", None):
diff --git a/pr_agent/algo/cli_args.py b/pr_agent/algo/cli_args.py
index 3ea576e0..246864ce 100644
--- a/pr_agent/algo/cli_args.py
+++ b/pr_agent/algo/cli_args.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from base64 import b64decode, encode
+from base64 import b64decode, encode, b64encode
 import hashlib
 
 class CliArgs:
@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ class CliArgs:
                 return True, ""
 
             # decode forbidden args
-            _encoded_args = 'ZW5hYmxlX2NvbW1lbnRfYXBwcm92YWw=:ZW5hYmxlX21hbnVhbF9hcHByb3ZhbA==:ZW5hYmxlX2F1dG9fYXBwcm92YWw=:YXBwcm92ZV9wcl9vbl9zZWxmX3Jldmlldw==:YmFzZV91cmw=:dXJs:YXBwX25hbWU=:c2VjcmV0X3Byb3ZpZGVy:Z2l0X3Byb3ZpZGVy:c2tpcF9rZXlz:b3BlbmFpLmtleQ==:QU5BTFlUSUNTX0ZPTERFUg==:dXJp:YXBwX2lk:d2ViaG9va19zZWNyZXQ=:YmVhcmVyX3Rva2Vu:UEVSU09OQUxfQUNDRVNTX1RPS0VO:b3ZlcnJpZGVfZGVwbG95bWVudF90eXBl:cHJpdmF0ZV9rZXk=:bG9jYWxfY2FjaGVfcGF0aA==:ZW5hYmxlX2xvY2FsX2NhY2hl:amlyYV9iYXNlX3VybA==:YXBpX2Jhc2U=:YXBpX3R5cGU=:YXBpX3ZlcnNpb24=:c2tpcF9rZXlz'
+            # b64encode('word'.encode()).decode()
+            _encoded_args = 'c2hhcmVkX3NlY3JldA==:dXNlcg==:c3lzdGVt:ZW5hYmxlX2NvbW1lbnRfYXBwcm92YWw=:ZW5hYmxlX21hbnVhbF9hcHByb3ZhbA==:ZW5hYmxlX2F1dG9fYXBwcm92YWw=:YXBwcm92ZV9wcl9vbl9zZWxmX3Jldmlldw==:YmFzZV91cmw=:dXJs:YXBwX25hbWU=:c2VjcmV0X3Byb3ZpZGVy:Z2l0X3Byb3ZpZGVy:c2tpcF9rZXlz:b3BlbmFpLmtleQ==:QU5BTFlUSUNTX0ZPTERFUg==:dXJp:YXBwX2lk:d2ViaG9va19zZWNyZXQ=:YmVhcmVyX3Rva2Vu:UEVSU09OQUxfQUNDRVNTX1RPS0VO:b3ZlcnJpZGVfZGVwbG95bWVudF90eXBl:cHJpdmF0ZV9rZXk=:bG9jYWxfY2FjaGVfcGF0aA==:ZW5hYmxlX2xvY2FsX2NhY2hl:amlyYV9iYXNlX3VybA==:YXBpX2Jhc2U=:YXBpX3R5cGU=:YXBpX3ZlcnNpb24=:c2tpcF9rZXlz'
+
             forbidden_cli_args = []
             for e in _encoded_args.split(':'):
                 forbidden_cli_args.append(b64decode(e).decode())
diff --git a/pr_agent/settings/.secrets_template.toml b/pr_agent/settings/.secrets_template.toml
index ee383a37..42946da5 100644
--- a/pr_agent/settings/.secrets_template.toml
+++ b/pr_agent/settings/.secrets_template.toml
@@ -78,9 +78,6 @@ webhook_secret = ""
 app_key = ""
 base_url = ""
 
-[litellm]
-LITELLM_TOKEN = "" # see https://docs.litellm.ai/docs/debugging/hosted_debugging for details and instructions on how to get a token
-
 [azure_devops]
 # For Azure devops personal access token
 org = ""