diff --git a/test/distributed/test_fake_pg.py b/test/distributed/test_fake_pg.py
index e22453112148..ad233bcdba4a 100644
--- a/test/distributed/test_fake_pg.py
+++ b/test/distributed/test_fake_pg.py
@@ -273,12 +273,7 @@ class TestFakePG(TestCase):
                     kwargs = {}
                 return func(*args, **kwargs)
 
-        with self.assertRaisesRegex(
-            RuntimeError,
-            r"FakeProcessGroup cannot be constructed directly\. "
-            r"Use torch\.distributed\.init_process_group\(backend='fake'\) instead to ensure "
-            r"proper dispatch system integration\.",
-        ):
+        with self.assertRaisesRegex(TypeError, r"No constructor defined"):
             fake_pg = FakeProcessGroup(rank=0, world_size=3)
 
             with SimpleTensorMode():
diff --git a/torch/_C/_distributed_c10d.pyi b/torch/_C/_distributed_c10d.pyi
index ee0fbb7ccfbe..da59123625e8 100644
--- a/torch/_C/_distributed_c10d.pyi
+++ b/torch/_C/_distributed_c10d.pyi
@@ -607,7 +607,6 @@ class ProcessGroup:
     def group_desc(self) -> str: ...
 
 class FakeProcessGroup(Backend):
-    def __init__(self, rank: int, world_size: int) -> None: ...
     @staticmethod
     def _create_internal(rank: int, world_size: int) -> FakeProcessGroup: ...
 
diff --git a/torch/csrc/distributed/c10d/FakeProcessGroup.hpp b/torch/csrc/distributed/c10d/FakeProcessGroup.hpp
index b4e5a2289987..b0cb420eb6fc 100644
--- a/torch/csrc/distributed/c10d/FakeProcessGroup.hpp
+++ b/torch/csrc/distributed/c10d/FakeProcessGroup.hpp
@@ -33,9 +33,8 @@ class FakeProcessGroup : public Backend {
       int rank,
       int size,
       c10::intrusive_ptr<Options> options = c10::make_intrusive<Options>()) {
-    return c10::intrusive_ptr<FakeProcessGroup>(
-        new FakeProcessGroup(rank, size, std::move(options)),
-        c10::raw::DontIncreaseRefcount{});
+    return c10::make_intrusive<FakeProcessGroup>(
+        rank, size, std::move(options));
   }
 
   const std::string getBackendName() const override {
@@ -238,12 +237,12 @@ class FakeProcessGroup : public Backend {
     return c10::make_intrusive<FakeWork>();
   }
 
- private:
   // Private constructor used by official APIs
   FakeProcessGroup(int rank, int size, c10::intrusive_ptr<Options> options)
       : Backend(rank, size), options_(std::move(options)) {}
   c10::intrusive_ptr<Options> options_;
 
+ private:
   void checkCollectiveError() {
     TORCH_CHECK(
         !options_ || !options_->error_on_collective,
diff --git a/torch/csrc/distributed/c10d/init.cpp b/torch/csrc/distributed/c10d/init.cpp
index c819bd900c25..bdf2576efbe7 100644
--- a/torch/csrc/distributed/c10d/init.cpp
+++ b/torch/csrc/distributed/c10d/init.cpp
@@ -3838,17 +3838,6 @@ such as `dist.all_reduce(tensor, async_op=True)`.
           py::arg("world_size"),
           py::arg("options") =
               c10::make_intrusive<::c10d::FakeProcessGroup::Options>())
-      .def(
-          "__init__",
-          [](const py::object&,
-             const py::args& args,
-             const py::kwargs& kwargs) {
-            TORCH_CHECK(
-                false,
-                "FakeProcessGroup cannot be constructed directly. "
-                "Use torch.distributed.init_process_group(backend='fake') instead to ensure "
-                "proper dispatch system integration.");
-          })
       .def_property_readonly(
           "options", &::c10d::FakeProcessGroup::getBackendOptions);
   auto fakeWork =