diff --git a/vllm/v1/engine/core_client.py b/vllm/v1/engine/core_client.py
index 1027a7ef6ff40..93a7eb8b8a9f1 100644
--- a/vllm/v1/engine/core_client.py
+++ b/vllm/v1/engine/core_client.py
@@ -90,8 +90,8 @@ class EngineCoreClient(ABC):
         client_args = (vllm_config, executor_class, log_stats,
                        client_addresses, client_index)
         if parallel_config.data_parallel_size > 1:
-            if parallel_config.data_parallel_external_lb:
-                # if False:
+            # if parallel_config.data_parallel_external_lb:
+            if False:
                 # External load balancer - client per DP rank.
                 return DPAsyncMPClient(*client_args)
             # Internal load balancer - client balances to all DP ranks.
diff --git a/vllm/v1/engine/utils.py b/vllm/v1/engine/utils.py
index 801b7f1d60d0c..99574a5c9067b 100644
--- a/vllm/v1/engine/utils.py
+++ b/vllm/v1/engine/utils.py
@@ -617,7 +617,6 @@ def launch_core_engines(
             CoreEngine(index=i, local=True)
             for i in range(dp_rank, dp_rank + local_engine_count)
         ]
-    logger.info(f"{engines_to_handshake=}")
 
     # Whether the started engines will handshake only with co-located
     # front-end processes. In external_dp_lb mode, ranks > 0 handshake with