diff --git a/go/test/endtoend/vreplication/global_routing_test.go b/go/test/endtoend/vreplication/global_routing_test.go
index b4c4fc8dfa0..f1b9283387f 100644
--- a/go/test/endtoend/vreplication/global_routing_test.go
+++ b/go/test/endtoend/vreplication/global_routing_test.go
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 
-	"vitess.io/vitess/go/vt/log"
 	vttablet "vitess.io/vitess/go/vt/vttablet/common"
 )
 
@@ -137,7 +136,6 @@ func (h *grHelpers) isNotGlobal(t *testing.T, tables []string) bool {
 			_, err = vtgateConn.ExecuteFetch(fmt.Sprintf("use %s", target), 1, false)
 			require.NoError(t, err)
 			_, err := vtgateConn.ExecuteFetch(fmt.Sprintf("select * from %s", table), 1, false)
-			log.Infof("Got error %v, for table %s.%s", err, table, target)
 			if err == nil || !strings.Contains(err.Error(), fmt.Sprintf("table %s not found", table)) {
 				asExpected = false
 			}
@@ -278,7 +276,6 @@ func testGlobalRouting(t *testing.T, markAsGlobal, unshardedHasVSchema bool, fun
 		h.insertData(t, config.ksU1, table, 1, config.ksU1)
 		vtgateConn, cancel := getVTGateConn()
 		waitForRowCount(t, vtgateConn, config.ksU1+"@replica", table, 1)
-		log.Infof("waitForRowCount succeeded for %s, %s", config.ksU1+"@replica", table)
 		cancel()
 	}
 	keyspaces := []string{config.ksU1}
@@ -294,7 +291,6 @@ func testGlobalRouting(t *testing.T, markAsGlobal, unshardedHasVSchema bool, fun
 		h.insertData(t, config.ksU2, table, 1, config.ksU2)
 		vtgateConn, cancel := getVTGateConn()
 		waitForRowCount(t, vtgateConn, config.ksU2+"@replica", table, 1)
-		log.Infof("waitForRowCount succeeded for %s, %s", config.ksU2+"@replica", table)
 		cancel()
 	}
 	keyspaces = append(keyspaces, config.ksU2)
@@ -309,7 +305,6 @@ func testGlobalRouting(t *testing.T, markAsGlobal, unshardedHasVSchema bool, fun
 		h.insertData(t, config.ksS1, table, 1, config.ksS1)
 		vtgateConn, cancel := getVTGateConn()
 		waitForRowCount(t, vtgateConn, config.ksS1+"@replica", table, 1)
-		log.Infof("waitForRowCount succeeded for %s, %s", config.ksS1+"@replica", table)
 		cancel()
 	}
 	keyspaces = append(keyspaces, config.ksS1)
diff --git a/go/vt/vtgate/vindexes/vschema_routing_test.go b/go/vt/vtgate/vindexes/vschema_routing_test.go
index fb012e79aa5..6e713b186c7 100644
--- a/go/vt/vtgate/vindexes/vschema_routing_test.go
+++ b/go/vt/vtgate/vindexes/vschema_routing_test.go
@@ -62,27 +62,25 @@ func TestAutoGlobalRoutingExt(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			},
 			Tables: map[string]*vschemapb.Table{
-				"table5":   {}, // unique, should be added to global routing
-				"scommon1": {}, // common with unsharded1 and unsharded2, should be added to global routing because it's in the vschema
-				"scommon2": {}, // common with unsharded2, ambiguous because of sharded2
+				"table5":   {},
+				"scommon1": {},
+				"scommon2": {},
 			},
 		},
 	}
 	sharded2 := &testKeySpace{
 		name: "sharded2",
 		ks: &vschemapb.Keyspace{
-			Sharded:                true,
-			RequireExplicitRouting: true,
+			Sharded: true,
 			Vindexes: map[string]*vschemapb.Vindex{
 				"xxhash": {
 					Type: "xxhash",
 				},
 			},
-			// none should be considered for choice as global or ambiguous because of RequireExplicitRouting
 			Tables: map[string]*vschemapb.Table{
-				"table6":   {}, // unique
-				"scommon2": {}, // common with sharded2, but has RequireExplicitRouting
-				"scommon3": {}, // common with sharded2
+				"table6":   {},
+				"scommon2": {},
+				"scommon3": {},
 			},
 		},
 	}
@@ -171,6 +169,7 @@ func TestAutoGlobalRoutingExt(t *testing.T) {
 			}
 			for _, ks := range tc.keyspaces {
 				source.Keyspaces[ks.name] = ks.ks
+				// set it false for all keyspaces here and later override for those requested in the test case
 				ks.ks.RequireExplicitRouting = false
 				for tname := range ks.ks.Tables {
 					_, ok := allTables[tname]
diff --git a/go/vt/vtgate/vschema_manager.go b/go/vt/vtgate/vschema_manager.go
index 9f408cf56e2..6003ff9f0a1 100644
--- a/go/vt/vtgate/vschema_manager.go
+++ b/go/vt/vtgate/vschema_manager.go
@@ -198,7 +198,6 @@ func (vm *VSchemaManager) buildAndEnhanceVSchema(v *vschemapb.SrvVSchema) *vinde
 		// We need to skip if already present, to handle the case where MoveTables has switched traffic
 		// and removed the source vschema but not from the source database because user asked to --keep-data
 		if MarkUniqueUnshardedTablesAsGlobal {
-			log.Infof(">>>>>>>> Marking unique unsharded tables as global")
 			vindexes.AddAdditionalGlobalTables(v, vschema)
 		}
 	}