diff --git a/cmd/thanos/receive.go b/cmd/thanos/receive.go
index 031b82abc6..cd890ce71d 100644
--- a/cmd/thanos/receive.go
+++ b/cmd/thanos/receive.go
@@ -255,6 +255,8 @@ func runReceive(
 		MaxBackoff:        time.Duration(*conf.maxBackoff),
 		TSDBStats:         dbs,
 		Limiter:           limiter,
+
+		AsyncForwardWorkerCount: conf.asyncForwardWorkerCount,
 	})
 
 	grpcProbe := prober.NewGRPC()
diff --git a/pkg/receive/handler.go b/pkg/receive/handler.go
index c1e76212fb..7125f9d478 100644
--- a/pkg/receive/handler.go
+++ b/pkg/receive/handler.go
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ func NewHandler(logger log.Logger, o *Options) *Handler {
 	if workers == 0 {
 		workers = 1
 	}
+	level.Info(logger).Log("msg", "Starting receive handler with async forward workers", "workers", workers)
 
 	h := &Handler{
 		logger:  logger,
@@ -163,7 +164,6 @@ func NewHandler(logger log.Logger, o *Options) *Handler {
 				},
 			),
 			workers,
-			logger,
 			o.DialOpts...),
 		receiverMode: o.ReceiverMode,
 		Limiter:      o.Limiter,
@@ -777,8 +777,6 @@ func (h *Handler) distributeTimeseriesToReplicas(
 			var writeDestination = remoteWrites
 			if endpoint == h.options.Endpoint {
 				writeDestination = localWrites
-			} else {
-				endpointReplica.replica = 0
 			}
 			writeableSeries, ok := writeDestination[endpointReplica]
 			if !ok {
@@ -1212,7 +1210,7 @@ type peerWorker struct {
 	forwardDelay prometheus.Histogram
 }
 
-func newPeerGroup(backoff backoff.Backoff, forwardDelay prometheus.Histogram, asyncForwardWorkersCount uint, log log.Logger, dialOpts ...grpc.DialOption) peersContainer {
+func newPeerGroup(backoff backoff.Backoff, forwardDelay prometheus.Histogram, asyncForwardWorkersCount uint, dialOpts ...grpc.DialOption) peersContainer {
 	return &peerGroup{
 		dialOpts:                 dialOpts,
 		connections:              map[string]*peerWorker{},
@@ -1222,7 +1220,6 @@ func newPeerGroup(backoff backoff.Backoff, forwardDelay prometheus.Histogram, as
 		expBackoff:               backoff,
 		forwardDelay:             forwardDelay,
 		asyncForwardWorkersCount: asyncForwardWorkersCount,
-		log:                      log,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -1266,7 +1263,6 @@ type peerGroup struct {
 	expBackoff               backoff.Backoff
 	forwardDelay             prometheus.Histogram
 	asyncForwardWorkersCount uint
-	log                      log.Logger
 
 	m sync.RWMutex
 
@@ -1322,8 +1318,6 @@ func (p *peerGroup) getConnection(ctx context.Context, addr string) (WriteableSt
 	}
 
 	p.connections[addr] = newPeerWorker(conn, p.forwardDelay, p.asyncForwardWorkersCount)
-	log.With(p.log).Log("msg", "established connection to peer", "peer", addr,
-		"asyncForwardWorkersCount", p.asyncForwardWorkersCount, "poolSize", p.connections[addr].wp.Size())
 	return p.connections[addr], nil
 }