diff --git a/pkg/epp/scheduling/plugins/filter/filter_test.go b/pkg/epp/scheduling/plugins/filter/filter_test.go
index 1818c5209..d78452a62 100644
--- a/pkg/epp/scheduling/plugins/filter/filter_test.go
+++ b/pkg/epp/scheduling/plugins/filter/filter_test.go
@@ -131,8 +131,9 @@ func TestFilter(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 		},
 		{
-			name:   "lowQueueAndLessThanKVCacheThresholdPredicate",
-			filter: &HasCapacityFilter{queueThreshold: 0, kvCacheThreshold: 0.8},
+			name:   "SheddableCapacityFilter, sheddable request",
+			req:    &types.LLMRequest{Critical: false},
+			filter: &SheddableCapacityFilter{queueThreshold: 0, kvCacheThreshold: 0.8},
 			input: []types.Pod{
 				&types.PodMetrics{
 					// This pod should be returned.
diff --git a/pkg/epp/scheduling/plugins/filter/has_capacity_filter.go b/pkg/epp/scheduling/plugins/filter/sheddable_capacity_filter.go
similarity index 67%
rename from pkg/epp/scheduling/plugins/filter/has_capacity_filter.go
rename to pkg/epp/scheduling/plugins/filter/sheddable_capacity_filter.go
index e6ff2ebfb..5a298a022 100644
--- a/pkg/epp/scheduling/plugins/filter/has_capacity_filter.go
+++ b/pkg/epp/scheduling/plugins/filter/sheddable_capacity_filter.go
@@ -23,29 +23,33 @@ import (
 )
 
 // compile-time type validation
-var _ plugins.Filter = &HasCapacityFilter{}
+var _ plugins.Filter = &SheddableCapacityFilter{}
 
-// NewHasCapacityFilter returns a new HasCapacityFilter.
-func NewHasCapacityFilter() *HasCapacityFilter {
-	return &HasCapacityFilter{
+// NewSheddableCapacityFilter returns a new SheddableCapacityFilter.
+func NewSheddableCapacityFilter() *SheddableCapacityFilter {
+	return &SheddableCapacityFilter{
 		queueThreshold:   config.Conf.QueueThresholdCritical,
 		kvCacheThreshold: config.Conf.KVCacheThreshold,
 	}
 }
 
-// HasCapacityFilter filters only pods that has capacity for sheddable requests.
-type HasCapacityFilter struct {
+// SheddableCapacityFilter filters only pods that has capacity for sheddable requests.
+type SheddableCapacityFilter struct {
 	queueThreshold   int
 	kvCacheThreshold float64
 }
 
 // Name returns the name of the filter.
-func (f *HasCapacityFilter) Name() string {
-	return "has-capacity"
+func (f *SheddableCapacityFilter) Name() string {
+	return "sheddable-capacity"
 }
 
 // Filter filters out pods that doesn't meet the filter criteria.
-func (f *HasCapacityFilter) Filter(ctx *types.SchedulingContext, pods []types.Pod) []types.Pod {
+func (f *SheddableCapacityFilter) Filter(ctx *types.SchedulingContext, pods []types.Pod) []types.Pod {
+	if ctx.Req.Critical {
+		return pods // // Allow all pods to passthrough if the request is critical, even if all pods reach their capacity.
+	}
+
 	filteredPods := []types.Pod{}
 
 	for _, pod := range pods {
diff --git a/pkg/epp/scheduling/plugins/filter/sheddable_request_filter.go b/pkg/epp/scheduling/plugins/filter/sheddable_request_filter.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 7eb6326be..000000000
--- a/pkg/epp/scheduling/plugins/filter/sheddable_request_filter.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2025 The Kubernetes Authors.
-
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
-*/
-
-package filter
-
-import (
-	"sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api-inference-extension/pkg/epp/scheduling/plugins"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api-inference-extension/pkg/epp/scheduling/types"
-)
-
-// compile-time type validation
-var _ plugins.Filter = &SheddableRequestFilter{}
-
-// NewSheddableRequestFilter returns a new SheddableRequestFilter.
-func NewSheddableRequestFilter() *SheddableRequestFilter {
-	return &SheddableRequestFilter{
-		hasCapacityFilter: NewHasCapacityFilter(),
-	}
-}
-
-// LowQueueFilter returns pods that their waiting queue size is less than a configured threshold
-type SheddableRequestFilter struct {
-	hasCapacityFilter *HasCapacityFilter
-}
-
-// Name returns the name of the filter.
-func (f *SheddableRequestFilter) Name() string {
-	return "sheddable-request"
-}
-
-// Filter filters out pods that doesn't meet the filter criteria.
-func (f *SheddableRequestFilter) Filter(ctx *types.SchedulingContext, pods []types.Pod) []types.Pod {
-	if ctx.Req.Critical {
-		// Allow all pods to pass through if the request is critical, even if all pods reach their capacity.
-		return pods
-	}
-
-	// Only allow pods that have enough capacity to handle the request.
-	return f.hasCapacityFilter.Filter(ctx, pods)
-}
diff --git a/pkg/epp/scheduling/scheduler.go b/pkg/epp/scheduling/scheduler.go
index b96730437..2e85619af 100644
--- a/pkg/epp/scheduling/scheduler.go
+++ b/pkg/epp/scheduling/scheduler.go
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ func NewScheduler(datastore Datastore) *Scheduler {
 
 	defaultConfig := &SchedulerConfig{
 		preSchedulePlugins:  []plugins.PreSchedule{},
-		filters:             []plugins.Filter{filter.NewSheddableRequestFilter(), lowLatencyFilter},
+		filters:             []plugins.Filter{filter.NewSheddableCapacityFilter(), lowLatencyFilter},
 		scorers:             map[plugins.Scorer]int{},
 		picker:              &picker.RandomPicker{},
 		postSchedulePlugins: []plugins.PostSchedule{},