diff --git a/semantic_router/encoders/openai.py b/semantic_router/encoders/openai.py
index 8ba7ee5b7917c85a62c2dac4335ad4d73f112510..6f80f2576c63aadedacc2d5f47671319b65bdda6 100644
--- a/semantic_router/encoders/openai.py
+++ b/semantic_router/encoders/openai.py
@@ -114,7 +114,6 @@ class OpenAIEncoder(BaseEncoder):
         # Exponential backoff
         for j in range(self.max_retries + 1):
             try:
-                raise OpenAIError("Test")
                 embeds = self.client.embeddings.create(
                     input=docs,
                     model=self.name,
@@ -170,7 +169,6 @@ class OpenAIEncoder(BaseEncoder):
         # Exponential backoff
         for j in range(self.max_retries + 1):
             try:
-                raise OpenAIError("Test")
                 embeds = await self.async_client.embeddings.create(
                     input=docs,
                     model=self.name,
diff --git a/semantic_router/encoders/zure.py b/semantic_router/encoders/zure.py
index e04b55bf77dc5ac5299d10e5d4a4fb5e88a7dc98..ffb0d4b361360960d7e5f156d960fc21c03167ee 100644
--- a/semantic_router/encoders/zure.py
+++ b/semantic_router/encoders/zure.py
@@ -105,7 +105,6 @@ class AzureOpenAIEncoder(BaseEncoder):
         # Exponential backoff
         for j in range(self.max_retries + 1):
             try:
-                raise OpenAIError("Test")
                 embeds = self.client.embeddings.create(
                     input=docs,
                     model=str(self.model),
@@ -142,7 +141,6 @@ class AzureOpenAIEncoder(BaseEncoder):
         # Exponential backoff
         for j in range(self.max_retries + 1):
             try:
-                raise OpenAIError("Test")
                 embeds = await self.async_client.embeddings.create(
                     input=docs,
                     model=str(self.model),