diff --git a/python/cugraph/cugraph/structure/graph_implementation/simpleDistributedGraph.py b/python/cugraph/cugraph/structure/graph_implementation/simpleDistributedGraph.py
index 9fbf622ba4e..8fed467bf6d 100644
--- a/python/cugraph/cugraph/structure/graph_implementation/simpleDistributedGraph.py
+++ b/python/cugraph/cugraph/structure/graph_implementation/simpleDistributedGraph.py
@@ -827,7 +827,7 @@ def _call_plc_two_hop_neighbors(sID, mg_graph_x, start_vertices):
                 resource_handle=ResourceHandle(Comms.get_handle(sID).getHandle()),
                 graph=mg_graph_x,
                 start_vertices=start_vertices,
-                do_expensive_check=True,
+                do_expensive_check=False,
             )
             return results_