From fc79d23d9ab78cbbe985e819d48e374cc7b0f5c7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Robert Shaw <robshaw@redhat.com>
Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2025 20:24:10 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] updated

Signed-off-by: Robert Shaw <robshaw@redhat.com>
---
 vllm/v1/engine/utils.py | 2 --
 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/vllm/v1/engine/utils.py b/vllm/v1/engine/utils.py
index c0ec5c740312e..97d5c939a2853 100644
--- a/vllm/v1/engine/utils.py
+++ b/vllm/v1/engine/utils.py
@@ -555,8 +555,6 @@ def launch_core_engines(
     # sends requests only to colocated engines.
     client_local_only = offline_mode or external_dp_lb or (local_engine_count
                                                            == dp_size)
-    # HACK: handle case with one pod per node.
-    client_local_only = True
 
     # Set up input and output addresses.
     addresses = EngineZmqAddresses(