diff --git a/vllm/v1/core/sched/interface.py b/vllm/v1/core/sched/interface.py
index dfefff7534e20..f42d546ba29b0 100644
--- a/vllm/v1/core/sched/interface.py
+++ b/vllm/v1/core/sched/interface.py
@@ -41,19 +41,17 @@ class SchedulerInterface(ABC):
     def get_num_unfinished_requests(self) -> int:
         raise NotImplementedError
 
-    @abstractmethod
     def has_unfinished_requests(self) -> bool:
-        raise NotImplementedError
+        return self.get_num_unfinished_requests() > 0
 
     @abstractmethod
     def has_finished_requests(self) -> bool:
         raise NotImplementedError
 
-    @abstractmethod
     def has_requests(self) -> bool:
         """Returns True if there are unfinished requests, or finished requests
         not yet returned in SchedulerOutputs."""
-        raise NotImplementedError
+        return self.has_unfinished_requests() or self.has_finished_requests()
 
     @abstractmethod
     def get_num_unscheduled_requests(self) -> int:
diff --git a/vllm/v1/core/sched/scheduler.py b/vllm/v1/core/sched/scheduler.py
index 915dd21c9b49c..30e26f402d639 100644
--- a/vllm/v1/core/sched/scheduler.py
+++ b/vllm/v1/core/sched/scheduler.py
@@ -695,17 +695,9 @@ class Scheduler(SchedulerInterface):
     def get_num_unfinished_requests(self) -> int:
         return len(self.waiting) + len(self.running)
 
-    def has_unfinished_requests(self) -> bool:
-        return self.get_num_unfinished_requests() > 0
-
     def has_finished_requests(self) -> bool:
         return len(self.finished_req_ids) > 0
 
-    def has_requests(self) -> bool:
-        """Returns True if there are unfinished requests, or finished requests
-        not yet returned in SchedulerOutputs."""
-        return self.has_unfinished_requests() or self.has_finished_requests()
-
     def get_num_unscheduled_requests(self) -> int:
         """Number of requests that are not being processed by the executor."""
         return self.get_num_unfinished_requests() - len(self.scheduled_req_ids)