diff --git a/src/transport.cc b/src/transport.cc
index 8149d94429..860b463a22 100644
--- a/src/transport.cc
+++ b/src/transport.cc
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 #include "comm.h"
 #include "info.h"
 #include "bootstrap.h"
-#include "../graph/topo.h"
 
 extern struct ncclTransport p2pTransport;
 extern struct ncclTransport shmTransport;
@@ -20,16 +19,6 @@ struct ncclTransport ncclTransports[NTRANSPORTS] = {
   netTransport,
 };
 
-static ncclResult_t connectedByXGMI(int* ret, struct ncclTopoSystem* system, struct ncclPeerInfo* info1, struct ncclPeerInfo* info2) {
-  *ret = 0;
-  if (info1->hostHash != info2->hostHash) return ncclSuccess;
-  int g1, g2;
-  NCCLCHECK(ncclTopoRankToIndex(system, info1->rank, &g1));
-  NCCLCHECK(ncclTopoRankToIndex(system, info2->rank, &g2));
-  if (system->nodes[GPU].nodes[g1].paths[GPU][g2].type == PATH_NVL) *ret = 1;
-  return ncclSuccess;
-}
-
 template <int type>
 static ncclResult_t selectTransport(struct ncclComm* comm, struct ncclTopoGraph* graph, struct ncclConnect* connect, int channelId, int peer, int connIndex) {
   struct ncclPeerInfo* myInfo = comm->peerInfo+comm->rank;
@@ -44,8 +33,8 @@ static ncclResult_t selectTransport(struct ncclComm* comm, struct ncclTopoGraph*
     NCCLCHECK(ncclTopoGetIntraNetDev(comm->topo, peer, graph, channelId, (type == 1) ? 0 : 1, &n2));
   }
 
-  int xgmi;
-  NCCLCHECK(connectedByXGMI(&xgmi, comm->topo, myInfo, peerInfo));
+  bool xgmi;
+  NCCLCHECK(ncclTopoGetLinkType(comm->topo, myInfo->cudaDev, peerInfo->cudaDev, &xgmi));
   for (int t=0; t<NTRANSPORTS; t++) {
     if (graph == NULL && connIndex == NCCL_CONN_IDX_P2P_NET && (t == TRANSPORT_SHM || (!xgmi && t == TRANSPORT_P2P))) continue;
     if (graph && n1 >= 0 && n2 >= 0 && t != TRANSPORT_NET) continue;
diff --git a/src/transport/net_ib.cc b/src/transport/net_ib.cc
index b02c6b8de6..5586649143 100644
--- a/src/transport/net_ib.cc
+++ b/src/transport/net_ib.cc
@@ -199,6 +199,8 @@ ncclResult_t ncclIbInit(ncclDebugLogger_t logFunction) {
     if (ncclNIbDevs == 0) {
       INFO(NCCL_INIT|NCCL_NET, "NET/IB : No device found.");
     } else {
+      auto cmpIbDevs = [](const void* n1, const void* n2) { return strcmp(((struct ncclIbDev*)n1)->devName, ((struct ncclIbDev*)n2)->devName); };
+      qsort(ncclIbDevs, ncclNIbDevs, sizeof(struct ncclIbDev), cmpIbDevs);
       char line[1024];
       line[0] = '\0';
       for (int d=0; d<ncclNIbDevs; d++) {