diff --git a/vllm_omni/diffusion/models/lance/pipeline_lance.py b/vllm_omni/diffusion/models/lance/pipeline_lance.py
index 5639e9261..6f7e9b95e 100644
--- a/vllm_omni/diffusion/models/lance/pipeline_lance.py
+++ b/vllm_omni/diffusion/models/lance/pipeline_lance.py
@@ -793,17 +793,9 @@ class LancePipeline(BagelPipeline):
             curr_rope=cfg_text_context["ropes"],
             video_shapes=[video_shape],
         )
-        cfg_img_lat = self.bagel.prepare_video_latent_cfg(
-            curr_kvlens=gen_context["kv_lens"],
-            curr_rope=gen_context["ropes"],
-            video_shapes=[video_shape],
-        )
         for k, v in cfg_text_lat.items():
             if torch.is_tensor(v):
                 cfg_text_lat[k] = v.to(self.device)
-        for k, v in cfg_img_lat.items():
-            if torch.is_tensor(v):
-                cfg_img_lat[k] = v.to(self.device)
 
         self._regen_init_noise_on_device(gen_input_lat, req.sampling_params.seed)
 
@@ -822,7 +814,7 @@ class LancePipeline(BagelPipeline):
             latents, *_ = self.bagel.generate_image(
                 past_key_values=gen_context["past_key_values"],
                 cfg_text_past_key_values=cfg_text_context["past_key_values"],
-                cfg_img_past_key_values=gen_context["past_key_values"],  # no img CFG branch
+                cfg_img_past_key_values=None,  # no img CFG branch
                 num_timesteps=num_timesteps,
                 timestep_shift=timestep_shift,
                 cfg_text_scale=cfg_text_scale,
@@ -835,7 +827,7 @@ class LancePipeline(BagelPipeline):
                 # ``cfg_text_packed_query_indexes`` / ``cfg_text_key_values_lens``
                 # / ``cfg_text_packed_key_value_indexes`` removed post-main-merge
                 # (derived from ``cfg_text_past_key_values``).
-                cfg_img_packed_position_ids=cfg_img_lat["cfg_packed_position_ids"],
+                cfg_img_packed_position_ids=None,
                 # ``cfg_img_*`` index/lens kwargs removed — same as above.
             )
 
@@ -1038,11 +1030,10 @@ class LancePipeline(BagelPipeline):
             if torch.is_tensor(v):
                 cfg_text_lat[k] = v.to(self.device)
 
-        # cfg_img branch: keep off (cfg_img_scale=1.0 matches upstream
-        # ``cfg_vit_scale=1.0``).  generate_image needs the cfg_img_* args
-        # but skips the branch when scale<=1.0; just point them at the
-        # cond's lat metadata so shapes/types are fine.
-        cfg_img_lat = cfg_text_lat
+        # cfg_img branch is off by default (cfg_img_scale=1.0 matches
+        # upstream ``cfg_vit_scale=1.0``).  Avoid passing synthetic metadata
+        # in that path; Bagel.generate_image only reads it when scale > 1.0.
+        cfg_img_lat = cfg_text_lat if cfg_img_scale > 1.0 else None
 
         self._regen_init_noise_on_device(gen_input_lat, req.sampling_params.seed)
 
@@ -1071,7 +1062,9 @@ class LancePipeline(BagelPipeline):
                 # ``cfg_text_packed_query_indexes`` / ``cfg_text_key_values_lens``
                 # / ``cfg_text_packed_key_value_indexes`` removed post-main-merge
                 # (derived from ``cfg_text_past_key_values``).
-                cfg_img_packed_position_ids=cfg_img_lat["cfg_packed_position_ids"],
+                cfg_img_packed_position_ids=(
+                    cfg_img_lat["cfg_packed_position_ids"] if cfg_img_lat is not None else None
+                ),
                 # ``cfg_img_*`` index/lens kwargs removed — same as above.
             )
 
@@ -1269,7 +1262,7 @@ class LancePipeline(BagelPipeline):
         for k, v in cfg_text_lat.items():
             if torch.is_tensor(v):
                 cfg_text_lat[k] = v.to(self.device)
-        cfg_img_lat = cfg_text_lat
+        cfg_img_lat = cfg_text_lat if cfg_img_scale > 1.0 else None
 
         self._regen_init_noise_on_device(gen_input_lat, req.sampling_params.seed)
 
@@ -1358,7 +1351,9 @@ class LancePipeline(BagelPipeline):
                 # ``cfg_text_packed_query_indexes`` / ``cfg_text_key_values_lens``
                 # / ``cfg_text_packed_key_value_indexes`` removed post-main-merge
                 # (derived from ``cfg_text_past_key_values``).
-                cfg_img_packed_position_ids=cfg_img_lat["cfg_packed_position_ids"],
+                cfg_img_packed_position_ids=(
+                    cfg_img_lat["cfg_packed_position_ids"] if cfg_img_lat is not None else None
+                ),
                 # ``cfg_img_*`` index/lens kwargs removed — same as above.
                 frame_condition_token_indexes=frame_condition_token_indexes,
             )
@@ -1587,9 +1582,9 @@ class LancePipeline(BagelPipeline):
             if torch.is_tensor(v):
                 cfg_text_lat[k] = v.to(self.device)
 
-        # cfg_img branch is off (cfg_img_scale=1.0); generate_image needs the
-        # arg surface but skips the branch when scale<=1.0.
-        cfg_img_lat = cfg_text_lat
+        # cfg_img branch is off by default; pass metadata only when an
+        # explicit cfg_img_scale enables the branch.
+        cfg_img_lat = cfg_text_lat if cfg_img_scale > 1.0 else None
 
         self._regen_init_noise_on_device(gen_input_lat, req.sampling_params.seed)
 
@@ -1618,7 +1613,9 @@ class LancePipeline(BagelPipeline):
                 # ``cfg_text_packed_query_indexes`` / ``cfg_text_key_values_lens``
                 # / ``cfg_text_packed_key_value_indexes`` removed post-main-merge
                 # (derived from ``cfg_text_past_key_values``).
-                cfg_img_packed_position_ids=cfg_img_lat["cfg_packed_position_ids"],
+                cfg_img_packed_position_ids=(
+                    cfg_img_lat["cfg_packed_position_ids"] if cfg_img_lat is not None else None
+                ),
                 # ``cfg_img_*`` index/lens kwargs removed — same as above.
             )