diff --git a/vllm/entrypoints/openai/api_server.py b/vllm/entrypoints/openai/api_server.py
index 3040793eb005a..f9b1d69a31d8c 100644
--- a/vllm/entrypoints/openai/api_server.py
+++ b/vllm/entrypoints/openai/api_server.py
@@ -1029,12 +1029,6 @@ async def run_server(args, **uvicorn_kwargs) -> None:
                     "s" if is_ssl else "", _listen_addr(sock_addr[0]),
                     sock_addr[1])
 
-        zmq_server_port = args.zmq_server_port
-        if zmq_server_port is not None:
-            logger.info("asyncio.create_task Starting ZMQ server at port %d",
-                        zmq_server_port)
-            asyncio.create_task(serve_zmq(args, zmq_server_port, app))
-
         shutdown_task = await serve_http(
             app,
             sock=sock,