diff --git a/examples/device/ep/tests/elastic/elastic.py b/examples/device/ep/tests/elastic/elastic.py
index 5a8daf9175..50360cac9f 100644
--- a/examples/device/ep/tests/elastic/elastic.py
+++ b/examples/device/ep/tests/elastic/elastic.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2025 DeepSeek
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2025 NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2025-2026 NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
 #
 # This file incorporates material from the DeepSeek project, licensed under the MIT License.
 # The modifications made by NVIDIA are licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.
@@ -466,20 +466,6 @@ def worker(torch_rank: int, args: argparse.Namespace):
     torch.set_default_device("cuda")
     torch.cuda.set_device(0)
 
-    # Initialize UCX
-    pxb_nics = [
-        "mlx5_0",
-        "mlx5_3",
-        "mlx5_4",
-        "mlx5_5",
-        "mlx5_6",
-        "mlx5_9",
-        "mlx5_10",
-        "mlx5_11",
-    ]
-    tcp_nics = ",ibp154s0,ibp192s0,ibp206s0,ibp220s0,ibp94s0"
-    os.environ["UCX_NET_DEVICES"] = f"cuda0-{pxb_nics[local_rank]}:1" + tcp_nics
-
     # Initialize NIXL
     os.environ["NIXL_ETCD_ENDPOINTS"] = args.etcd_server