diff --git a/vllm/v1/engine/detokenizer.py b/vllm/v1/engine/detokenizer.py
index 18e4c98f8829..da950c2a0810 100644
--- a/vllm/v1/engine/detokenizer.py
+++ b/vllm/v1/engine/detokenizer.py
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@
 
 logger = init_logger(__name__)
 
-# Only tokenizers >= 0.21.1 supports DecodeStream used for
-# FastIncrementalDetokenizer.
-USE_FAST_DETOKENIZER = version.parse(tokenizers.__version__) >= version.parse("0.21.1")
+# Only tokenizers >= 0.22.0 supports DecodeStream with native prefill
+# (ids parameter) used for FastIncrementalDetokenizer.
+USE_FAST_DETOKENIZER = version.parse(tokenizers.__version__) >= version.parse("0.22.0")
 
 # Error string from https://github.com/huggingface/tokenizers/blob/909fdde2a4ffedd9295206f705eb612be2a91b12/tokenizers/src/tokenizer/mod.rs#L1042
 INVALID_PREFIX_ERR_MSG = "Invalid prefix encountered"
@@ -154,11 +154,10 @@ def get_next_output_text(self, finished: bool, delta: bool) -> str:
         # We return the full output text if the sequence is finished.
         buffer_length = 0 if finished else self.stop_buffer_length
         if not delta:
-            return (
-                self.output_text[:-buffer_length]
-                if buffer_length
-                else (self.output_text)
-            )
+            if not buffer_length:
+                return self.output_text
+            return self.output_text[:-buffer_length]
+
         length = len(self.output_text) - buffer_length
         last_offset = self._last_output_text_offset
         if last_offset < length:
@@ -176,24 +175,14 @@ def __init__(self, tokenizer: PreTrainedTokenizerFast, request: EngineCoreReques
 
         self.request_id = request.request_id
         self.skip_special_tokens = sampling_params.skip_special_tokens
-        self.stream = DecodeStream(skip_special_tokens=self.skip_special_tokens)
 
         self.tokenizer: Tokenizer = tokenizer._tokenizer
 
-        # Find a safe place to start.
-        prompt_token_ids = request.prompt_token_ids or []
-        prompt_suffix = prompt_token_ids
-        prompt_len = len(prompt_suffix)
-        if prompt_len > 4:
-            for i in range(4, min(prompt_len + 1, 24)):
-                suffix = prompt_token_ids[-i:]
-                if "�" not in self.tokenizer.decode(suffix):
-                    prompt_suffix = suffix
-                    break
-
-        # Prime the stream.
-        for tid in prompt_suffix:
-            self._protected_step(tid)
+        # Use native prefill to prime the decode stream with prompt tokens.
+        self.stream = DecodeStream(
+            ids=request.prompt_token_ids,
+            skip_special_tokens=self.skip_special_tokens,
+        )
 
         self.spaces_between_special_tokens = (
             sampling_params.skip_special_tokens
@@ -203,9 +192,8 @@ def __init__(self, tokenizer: PreTrainedTokenizerFast, request: EngineCoreReques
         if not self.spaces_between_special_tokens:
             # Store dict of added token ids so that we can suppress
             # the spaces between them.
-            if (
-                added_token_ids := getattr(self.tokenizer, "added_token_ids", None)
-            ) is None:
+            added_token_ids = getattr(self.tokenizer, "added_token_ids", None)
+            if added_token_ids is None:
                 self.tokenizer.added_token_ids = added_token_ids = {
                     tid: tok.content
                     for tid, tok in self.tokenizer.get_added_tokens_decoder().items()
@@ -290,11 +278,9 @@ def __init__(self, tokenizer: TokenizerLike, request: EngineCoreRequest):
 
     @property
     def output_token_ids(self) -> list[int]:
-        return (
-            self.token_ids
-            if not self.prompt_len
-            else (self.token_ids[self.prompt_len :])
-        )
+        if self.prompt_len:
+            return self.token_ids[self.prompt_len :]
+        return self.token_ids
 
     def num_output_tokens(self) -> int:
         return len(self.token_ids) - self.prompt_len