diff --git a/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py b/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
index 01c85c45c00c..74be93f341f2 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/proxy_server.py
@@ -1903,10 +1903,6 @@ async def load_config(  # noqa: PLR0915
                                 callback
                             )
                             if "prometheus" in callback:
-                                if not premium_user:
-                                    raise Exception(
-                                        CommonProxyErrors.not_premium_user.value
-                                    )
                                 verbose_proxy_logger.debug(
                                     "Starting Prometheus Metrics on /metrics"
                                 )