diff --git a/weed/mq/broker/broker_grpc_configure.go b/weed/mq/broker/broker_grpc_configure.go
index 9292a6184..c1984c05e 100644
--- a/weed/mq/broker/broker_grpc_configure.go
+++ b/weed/mq/broker/broker_grpc_configure.go
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ func (b *MessageQueueBroker) ConfigureTopic(ctx context.Context, request *mq_pb.
 		glog.V(0).Infof("read topic %s conf: %v", request.Topic, err)
 	} else {
 		err = b.ensureTopicActiveAssignments(t, resp)
+		// no need to assign directly.
+		// The added or updated assignees will read from filer directly.
+		// The gone assignees will die by themselves.
 	}
 	if err == nil && len(resp.BrokerPartitionAssignments) == int(request.PartitionCount) {
 		glog.V(0).Infof("existing topic partitions %d: %+v", len(resp.BrokerPartitionAssignments), resp.BrokerPartitionAssignments)
@@ -55,10 +58,6 @@ func (b *MessageQueueBroker) ConfigureTopic(ctx context.Context, request *mq_pb.
 		b.Balancer.OnPartitionChange(request.Topic, resp.BrokerPartitionAssignments)
 	}
 
-	if assignErr := b.assignTopicPartitionsToBrokers(ctx, request.Topic, resp.BrokerPartitionAssignments, true); assignErr != nil {
-		return nil, assignErr
-	}
-
 	glog.V(0).Infof("ConfigureTopic: topic %s partition assignments: %v", request.Topic, resp.BrokerPartitionAssignments)
 
 	return resp, err