diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index 5f82a5d6aa36..551b0e674805 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -741,13 +741,11 @@ def generate_greedy(
         prompts: List[str],
         max_tokens: int,
         best_of: Optional[int] = None,
-        use_beam_search: bool = False,
         images: Optional[PromptImageInput] = None,
     ) -> List[Tuple[List[int], str]]:
         greedy_params = SamplingParams(temperature=0.0,
                                        max_tokens=max_tokens,
-                                       best_of=best_of,
-                                       use_beam_search=use_beam_search)
+                                       best_of=best_of)
         outputs = self.generate(prompts, greedy_params, images=images)
         return [(output_ids[0], output_str[0])
                 for output_ids, output_str in outputs]
@@ -759,7 +757,6 @@ def generate_greedy_logprobs(
         num_logprobs: int,
         num_prompt_logprobs: Optional[int] = None,
         best_of: Optional[int] = None,
-        use_beam_search: bool = False,
         images: Optional[PromptImageInput] = None,
         audios: Optional[PromptAudioInput] = None,
         videos: Optional[PromptVideoInput] = None,
@@ -772,8 +769,7 @@ def generate_greedy_logprobs(
             logprobs=num_logprobs,
             prompt_logprobs=num_prompt_logprobs,
             stop_token_ids=stop_token_ids,
-            best_of=best_of,
-            use_beam_search=use_beam_search)
+            best_of=best_of)
 
         return self.generate_w_logprobs(prompts,
                                         greedy_logprobs_params,
diff --git a/tests/multi_step/test_correctness_llm.py b/tests/multi_step/test_correctness_llm.py
index 5b08741e67e1..cbb7ada2fa54 100644
--- a/tests/multi_step/test_correctness_llm.py
+++ b/tests/multi_step/test_correctness_llm.py
@@ -210,39 +210,35 @@ def test_multi_step_llm_w_prompt_logprobs(
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("num_prompts", NUM_PROMPTS)
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("num_logprobs", [None, 5])
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("max_output_len", [7])
-@pytest.mark.parametrize("n_best_of_use_beam_search", [
-    (1, 2, False),
-    (2, 2, False),
-    (1, 3, False),
-    (2, 3, False),
-    (3, 3, False),
-    (1, 1, True),
-    (1, 2, True),
-    (2, 2, True),
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("n_best_of", [
+    (1, 2),
+    (2, 2),
+    (1, 3),
+    (2, 3),
+    (3, 3),
+    (1, 1),
+    (1, 2),
+    (2, 2),
 ])
-def test_multi_step_llm_best_of_beam_search_fallback(
-    hf_runner,
+def test_multi_step_llm_best_of_fallback(
     vllm_runner,
     example_prompts,
     model: str,
     dtype: str,
     tp_size: int,
-    max_tokens: int,
     enforce_eager: int,
     num_scheduler_steps: int,
     num_prompts: int,
-    num_logprobs: Optional[int],
     max_output_len: int,
-    n_best_of_use_beam_search: Tuple[int, int, bool],
+    n_best_of: Tuple[int, int, bool],
 ) -> None:
-    """Test vLLM engine with multi-step & beam search enabled or best_of > 1
+    """Test vLLM engine with multi-step & best_of > 1
 
     Currently multi-step scheduling does not support best_of > 1 or beam search,
     however the default behavior is for the engine to fall back on single-step
     scheduling rather than failing.
     
     Args:
-      hf_runner: HF transformers model runner fixture
       vllm_runner: vLLM model runner fixture
       example_prompts: test fixture providing example prompts
       model: model under test (same for single- and multi-step engines)
@@ -265,16 +261,14 @@ def test_multi_step_llm_best_of_beam_search_fallback(
     prompts = prompts[:num_prompts]
     assert len(prompts) == num_prompts
 
-    n = n_best_of_use_beam_search[0]
-    best_of = n_best_of_use_beam_search[1]
-    use_beam_search = n_best_of_use_beam_search[2]
+    n = n_best_of[0]
+    best_of = n_best_of[1]
     sampling_params = SamplingParams(
         max_tokens=max_output_len,
         ignore_eos=True,
-        temperature=0.0 if use_beam_search else 1.0,
+        temperature=1.0,
         n=n,
         best_of=best_of,
-        use_beam_search=use_beam_search,
         seed=42,
     )
 
diff --git a/vllm/entrypoints/llm.py b/vllm/entrypoints/llm.py
index 439f3769f9fb..2a455df048fe 100644
--- a/vllm/entrypoints/llm.py
+++ b/vllm/entrypoints/llm.py
@@ -401,6 +401,10 @@ def beam_search(
         penalty, and stopping criteria, etc.?
         """
 
+        assert not self.llm_engine.scheduler_config.is_multi_step, (
+            "Currently beam search is not supported in combination with "
+            "multi-step scheduling.")
+
         beam_width = params.beam_width
         max_tokens = params.max_tokens
         temperature = params.temperature