diff --git a/test/registered/disaggregation/test_disaggregation_optimistic_prefill.py b/test/registered/disaggregation/test_disaggregation_optimistic_prefill.py
index d0fe2a66b..c99b5aa6f 100644
--- a/test/registered/disaggregation/test_disaggregation_optimistic_prefill.py
+++ b/test/registered/disaggregation/test_disaggregation_optimistic_prefill.py
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@ register_cuda_ci(est_time=120, stage="base-b", runner_config="2-gpu-large")
 
 
 FORCE_RETRY_PROB = 0.1
-BOOTSTRAP_CONTENTION_REQUESTS = 4
-BOOTSTRAP_CONTENTION_WORKERS = 4
 
 
 def rid_that_forces_retry(prefix: str) -> str:
@@ -58,43 +56,6 @@ class OptimisticPrefillRetryCounterMixin:
         self.assertGreater(after_retries, before_retries)
         return result
 
-    def _run_under_bootstrap_contention(self, fn):
-        """Run fn while decode bootstrap is contended.
-        Optimistic prefill retry only happens when bootstrap is still pending
-        (pending_bootstrap=True). A single idle request completes bootstrap
-        instantly, so we need concurrent load to keep decode busy.
-        """
-
-        def submit_contention(executor):
-            return [
-                executor.submit(
-                    requests.post,
-                    self.lb_url + "/generate",
-                    json={
-                        "rid": f"bootstrap-contention-{uuid.uuid4().hex}",
-                        "text": "The capital of France is Paris. " * 400,
-                        "sampling_params": {
-                            "temperature": 0,
-                            "max_new_tokens": 64,
-                        },
-                    },
-                    timeout=120,
-                )
-                for _ in range(BOOTSTRAP_CONTENTION_REQUESTS)
-            ]
-
-        with ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=BOOTSTRAP_CONTENTION_WORKERS) as executor:
-            contention_futures = submit_contention(executor)
-            # Let contention requests reach decode bootstrap first.
-            time.sleep(1.0)
-            result = fn()
-            for future in as_completed(contention_futures, timeout=120):
-                try:
-                    future.result(timeout=0)
-                except Exception:
-                    pass
-            return result
-
 
 class TestOptimisticPrefill(
     OptimisticPrefillRetryCounterMixin, PDDisaggregationServerBase
@@ -150,20 +111,17 @@ class TestOptimisticPrefill(
         request_id = rid_that_forces_retry("logprob-retry-")
         prompt = f"{request_id}: " + "The capital of France is Paris. " * 900
         j = self.assert_retry_counter_increases(
-            lambda: self._run_under_bootstrap_contention(
-                lambda: requests.post(
-                    self.lb_url + "/generate",
-                    json={
-                        "rid": request_id,
-                        "text": prompt,
-                        "sampling_params": {"temperature": 0, "max_new_tokens": 8},
-                        "return_logprob": True,
-                        "return_input_logprob": True,
-                        "logprob_start_len": 0,
-                    },
-                    timeout=120,
-                ).json()
-            )
+            lambda: requests.post(
+                self.lb_url + "/generate",
+                json={
+                    "rid": request_id,
+                    "text": prompt,
+                    "sampling_params": {"temperature": 0, "max_new_tokens": 8},
+                    "return_logprob": True,
+                    "return_input_logprob": True,
+                    "logprob_start_len": 0,
+                },
+            ).json()
         )
         completion_tokens = j["meta_info"]["completion_tokens"]
         input_logprobs = j["meta_info"]["input_token_logprobs"]