diff --git a/xds/internal/balancer/clusterresolver/configbuilder.go b/xds/internal/balancer/clusterresolver/configbuilder.go
index 186409bf9bc7..a29658ec3141 100644
--- a/xds/internal/balancer/clusterresolver/configbuilder.go
+++ b/xds/internal/balancer/clusterresolver/configbuilder.go
@@ -251,9 +251,6 @@ func groupLocalitiesByPriority(localities []xdsresource.Locality) [][]xdsresourc
 	var priorityIntSlice []int
 	priorities := make(map[int][]xdsresource.Locality)
 	for _, locality := range localities {
-		if locality.Weight == 0 {
-			continue
-		}
 		priority := int(locality.Priority)
 		priorities[priority] = append(priorities[priority], locality)
 		priorityIntSlice = append(priorityIntSlice, priority)
diff --git a/xds/internal/balancer/clusterresolver/eds_impl_test.go b/xds/internal/balancer/clusterresolver/eds_impl_test.go
index ddafa18a6100..2621b791494b 100644
--- a/xds/internal/balancer/clusterresolver/eds_impl_test.go
+++ b/xds/internal/balancer/clusterresolver/eds_impl_test.go
@@ -295,31 +295,6 @@ func (s) TestEDS_TwoLocalities(t *testing.T) {
 	if err := testRoundRobinPickerFromCh(cc.NewPickerCh, []balancer.SubConn{sc2, sc2, sc2, sc2, sc3, sc4}); err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
-
-	// Change weight of the locality[1] to 0, it should never be picked.
-	clab6 := xdstestutils.NewClusterLoadAssignmentBuilder(testClusterNames[0], nil)
-	clab6.AddLocality(testSubZones[1], 0, 0, testEndpointAddrs[1:2], nil)
-	clab6.AddLocality(testSubZones[2], 1, 0, testEndpointAddrs[2:4], nil)
-	xdsC.InvokeWatchEDSCallback("", parseEDSRespProtoForTesting(clab6.Build()), nil)
-
-	// Changing weight of locality[1] to 0 caused it to be removed. It's subconn
-	// should also be removed.
-	//
-	// NOTE: this is because we handle locality with weight 0 same as the
-	// locality doesn't exist. If this changes in the future, this removeSubConn
-	// behavior will also change.
-	scToRemove2 := <-cc.RemoveSubConnCh
-	if !cmp.Equal(scToRemove2, sc2, cmp.AllowUnexported(testutils.TestSubConn{})) {
-		t.Fatalf("RemoveSubConn, want %v, got %v", sc2, scToRemove2)
-	}
-
-	// Test pick with two subconns different locality weight.
-	//
-	// Locality-1 will be not be picked, and locality-2 will be picked.
-	// Locality-2 contains sc3 and sc4. So expect sc3, sc4.
-	if err := testRoundRobinPickerFromCh(cc.NewPickerCh, []balancer.SubConn{sc3, sc4}); err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
 }
 
 // The EDS balancer gets EDS resp with unhealthy endpoints. Test that only
diff --git a/xds/internal/xdsclient/xdsresource/type_eds.go b/xds/internal/xdsclient/xdsresource/type_eds.go
index ad590160f6af..ec70f32ca436 100644
--- a/xds/internal/xdsclient/xdsresource/type_eds.go
+++ b/xds/internal/xdsclient/xdsresource/type_eds.go
@@ -64,7 +64,10 @@ type Locality struct {
 
 // EndpointsUpdate contains an EDS update.
 type EndpointsUpdate struct {
-	Drops      []OverloadDropConfig
+	Drops []OverloadDropConfig
+	// Localities in the EDS response with `load_balancing_weight` field not set
+	// or explicitly set to 0 are ignored while parsing the resource, and
+	// therefore do not show up here.
 	Localities []Locality
 
 	// Raw is the resource from the xds response.
diff --git a/xds/internal/xdsclient/xdsresource/unmarshal_eds.go b/xds/internal/xdsclient/xdsresource/unmarshal_eds.go
index 9eb7117d9a22..7cc12d73d6d5 100644
--- a/xds/internal/xdsclient/xdsresource/unmarshal_eds.go
+++ b/xds/internal/xdsclient/xdsresource/unmarshal_eds.go
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ func unmarshalEndpointsResource(r *anypb.Any, logger *grpclog.PrefixLogger) (str
 	}
 	logger.Infof("Resource with name: %v, type: %T, contains: %v", cla.GetClusterName(), cla, pretty.ToJSON(cla))
 
-	u, err := parseEDSRespProto(cla)
+	u, err := parseEDSRespProto(cla, logger)
 	if err != nil {
 		return cla.GetClusterName(), EndpointsUpdate{}, err
 	}
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ func parseEndpoints(lbEndpoints []*v3endpointpb.LbEndpoint) []Endpoint {
 	return endpoints
 }
 
-func parseEDSRespProto(m *v3endpointpb.ClusterLoadAssignment) (EndpointsUpdate, error) {
+func parseEDSRespProto(m *v3endpointpb.ClusterLoadAssignment, logger *grpclog.PrefixLogger) (EndpointsUpdate, error) {
 	ret := EndpointsUpdate{}
 	for _, dropPolicy := range m.GetPolicy().GetDropOverloads() {
 		ret.Drops = append(ret.Drops, parseDropPolicy(dropPolicy))
@@ -113,6 +113,11 @@ func parseEDSRespProto(m *v3endpointpb.ClusterLoadAssignment) (EndpointsUpdate,
 		if l == nil {
 			return EndpointsUpdate{}, fmt.Errorf("EDS response contains a locality without ID, locality: %+v", locality)
 		}
+		weight := locality.GetLoadBalancingWeight().GetValue()
+		if weight == 0 {
+			logger.Warningf("Ignoring locality %s with weight 0", pretty.ToJSON(l))
+			continue
+		}
 		lid := internal.LocalityID{
 			Region:  l.Region,
 			Zone:    l.Zone,
diff --git a/xds/internal/xdsclient/xdsresource/unmarshal_eds_test.go b/xds/internal/xdsclient/xdsresource/unmarshal_eds_test.go
index db9d4f52896b..3ce069c29664 100644
--- a/xds/internal/xdsclient/xdsresource/unmarshal_eds_test.go
+++ b/xds/internal/xdsclient/xdsresource/unmarshal_eds_test.go
@@ -75,6 +75,20 @@ func (s) TestEDSParseRespProto(t *testing.T) {
 			want:    EndpointsUpdate{},
 			wantErr: true,
 		},
+		{
+			name: "missing locality weight",
+			m: func() *v3endpointpb.ClusterLoadAssignment {
+				clab0 := newClaBuilder("test", nil)
+				clab0.addLocality("locality-1", 0, 1, []string{"addr1:314"}, &addLocalityOptions{
+					Health: []v3corepb.HealthStatus{v3corepb.HealthStatus_HEALTHY},
+				})
+				clab0.addLocality("locality-2", 0, 0, []string{"addr2:159"}, &addLocalityOptions{
+					Health: []v3corepb.HealthStatus{v3corepb.HealthStatus_HEALTHY},
+				})
+				return clab0.Build()
+			}(),
+			want: EndpointsUpdate{},
+		},
 		{
 			name: "good",
 			m: func() *v3endpointpb.ClusterLoadAssignment {
@@ -161,7 +175,7 @@ func (s) TestEDSParseRespProto(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			got, err := parseEDSRespProto(tt.m)
+			got, err := parseEDSRespProto(tt.m, nil)
 			if (err != nil) != tt.wantErr {
 				t.Errorf("parseEDSRespProto() error = %v, wantErr %v", err, tt.wantErr)
 				return