diff --git a/tests/tensorizer_loader/test_tensorizer.py b/tests/tensorizer_loader/test_tensorizer.py
index 9fe230512a0d..b8d7892e57f2 100644
--- a/tests/tensorizer_loader/test_tensorizer.py
+++ b/tests/tensorizer_loader/test_tensorizer.py
@@ -103,25 +103,6 @@ def write_keyfile(keyfile_path: str):
         f.write(encryption_params.key)
 
 
-@pytest.mark.skipif(not is_curl_installed(), reason="cURL is not installed")
-def test_can_deserialize_s3(vllm_runner):
-    model_ref = "EleutherAI/pythia-1.4b"
-    tensorized_path = f"s3://tensorized/{model_ref}/fp16/model.tensors"
-
-    with vllm_runner(model_ref,
-                     load_format="tensorizer",
-                     model_loader_extra_config=TensorizerConfig(
-                         tensorizer_uri=tensorized_path,
-                         num_readers=1,
-                         s3_endpoint="object.ord1.coreweave.com",
-                     )) as loaded_hf_model:
-        deserialized_outputs = loaded_hf_model.generate(
-            prompts, sampling_params)
-        # noqa: E501
-
-        assert deserialized_outputs
-
-
 @pytest.mark.skipif(not is_curl_installed(), reason="cURL is not installed")
 def test_deserialized_encrypted_vllm_model_has_same_outputs(
         model_ref, vllm_runner, tmp_path, model_path):
diff --git a/vllm/engine/arg_utils.py b/vllm/engine/arg_utils.py
index e7655b6c3026..f9b4d92646ad 100644
--- a/vllm/engine/arg_utils.py
+++ b/vllm/engine/arg_utils.py
@@ -1003,41 +1003,27 @@ class EngineArgs:
             override_attention_dtype=self.override_attention_dtype,
         )
 
-    def valid_tensorizer_config_provided(self) -> bool:
-        """
-        Checks if a parseable TensorizerConfig was passed to
-        self.model_loader_extra_config. It first checks if the config passed
-        is a dict or a TensorizerConfig object directly, and if the latter is
-        true (by checking that the object has TensorizerConfig's
-        .to_serializable() method), converts it in to a serializable dict
-        format
-        """
-        if self.model_loader_extra_config:
-            if hasattr(self.model_loader_extra_config, "to_serializable"):
-                self.model_loader_extra_config = (
-                    self.model_loader_extra_config.to_serializable())
-            for allowed_to_pass in ["tensorizer_uri", "tensorizer_dir"]:
-                try:
-                    self.model_loader_extra_config[allowed_to_pass]
-                    return False
-                except KeyError:
-                    pass
-        return True
+    def validate_tensorizer_args(self):
+        from vllm.model_executor.model_loader.tensorizer import (
+            TensorizerConfig)
+        for key in self.model_loader_extra_config:
+            if key in TensorizerConfig._fields:
+                self.model_loader_extra_config["tensorizer_config"][
+                    key] = self.model_loader_extra_config[key]
 
     def create_load_config(self) -> LoadConfig:
 
         if self.quantization == "bitsandbytes":
             self.load_format = "bitsandbytes"
 
-        if (self.load_format == "tensorizer"
-                and self.valid_tensorizer_config_provided()):
-            logger.info("Inferring Tensorizer args from %s", self.model)
-            self.model_loader_extra_config = {"tensorizer_dir": self.model}
-        else:
-            logger.info(
-                "Using Tensorizer args from --model-loader-extra-config. "
-                "Note that you can now simply pass the S3 directory in the "
-                "model tag instead of providing the JSON string.")
+        if self.load_format == "tensorizer":
+            if hasattr(self.model_loader_extra_config, "to_serializable"):
+                self.model_loader_extra_config = (
+                    self.model_loader_extra_config.to_serializable())
+            self.model_loader_extra_config["tensorizer_config"] = {}
+            self.model_loader_extra_config["tensorizer_config"][
+                "tensorizer_dir"] = self.model
+            self.validate_tensorizer_args()
 
         return LoadConfig(
             load_format=self.load_format,
diff --git a/vllm/model_executor/model_loader/tensorizer.py b/vllm/model_executor/model_loader/tensorizer.py
index 3bf6571a6add..d716f60e5ffa 100644
--- a/vllm/model_executor/model_loader/tensorizer.py
+++ b/vllm/model_executor/model_loader/tensorizer.py
@@ -223,9 +223,11 @@ class TensorizerConfig(MutableMapping):
             and re.search(r'%0\dd', self.tensorizer_uri) is not None
 
         if self.tensorizer_dir and self.tensorizer_uri:
-            raise ValueError(
-                "Either tensorizer_dir or tensorizer_uri must be provided, "
-                "not both.")
+            logger.warning_once(
+                "Provided both tensorizer_dir and tensorizer_uri. "
+                "Inferring tensorizer_dir from tensorizer_uri as the "
+                "latter takes precedence.")
+            self.tensorizer_dir = os.path.dirname(self.tensorizer_uri)
         if self.tensorizer_dir and self.lora_dir:
             raise ValueError(
                 "Only one of tensorizer_dir or lora_dir may be specified. "
diff --git a/vllm/model_executor/model_loader/tensorizer_loader.py b/vllm/model_executor/model_loader/tensorizer_loader.py
index 9ecc318938e4..fa01758ab4ce 100644
--- a/vllm/model_executor/model_loader/tensorizer_loader.py
+++ b/vllm/model_executor/model_loader/tensorizer_loader.py
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ class TensorizerLoader(BaseModelLoader):
         else:
             validate_config(load_config.model_loader_extra_config)
             self.tensorizer_config = TensorizerConfig(
-                **load_config.model_loader_extra_config)
+                **load_config.model_loader_extra_config["tensorizer_config"])
 
     def _verify_config(self, model_config: ModelConfig,
                        parallel_config: ParallelConfig):