diff --git a/metagpt/provider/metagpt_api.py b/metagpt/provider/metagpt_api.py
index 8c7daeac6..d71fa9bda 100644
--- a/metagpt/provider/metagpt_api.py
+++ b/metagpt/provider/metagpt_api.py
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ from openai.types import CompletionUsage
 from metagpt.configs.llm_config import LLMType
 from metagpt.provider import OpenAILLM
 from metagpt.provider.llm_provider_registry import register_provider
-from metagpt.utils.exceptions import handle_exception
 
 
 @register_provider(LLMType.METAGPT)
@@ -19,7 +18,3 @@ class MetaGPTLLM(OpenAILLM):
         # The current billing is based on usage frequency. If there is a future billing logic based on the
         # number of tokens, please refine the logic here accordingly.
         return CompletionUsage(prompt_tokens=0, completion_tokens=0, total_tokens=0)
-
-    @handle_exception
-    def _update_costs(self, usage: CompletionUsage):
-        pass