diff --git a/vllm/config.py b/vllm/config.py
index 5c73ff56ebbc..6a15109c6744 100644
--- a/vllm/config.py
+++ b/vllm/config.py
@@ -2986,12 +2986,6 @@ class KVTransferConfig(BaseModel):
         return self.kv_connector is not None and \
             self.kv_role in ["kv_producer", "kv_consumer", "kv_both"]
 
-    @property
-    def need_kv_parallel_group(self) -> bool:
-        # for those database-based connector, vLLM does not need to create
-        # parallel group, and in that case the kv parallel size will be 1.
-        return self.kv_connector is not None and self.kv_parallel_size > 1
-
     @property
     def is_kv_producer(self) -> bool:
         return self.kv_connector is not None and \