diff --git a/test/e2e/tests/weighted_backend.go b/test/e2e/tests/weighted_backend.go
index bea61448fc..154c6f5fbf 100644
--- a/test/e2e/tests/weighted_backend.go
+++ b/test/e2e/tests/weighted_backend.go
@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@ func runWeightedBackendTest(t *testing.T, suite *suite.ConformanceTestSuite, rou
 		suite.ControllerName,
 		kubernetes.NewGatewayRef(SameNamespaceGateway), weightEqualRoute)
 
+	// Make sure all test resources are ready
+	kubernetes.NamespacesMustBeReady(t, suite.Client, suite.TimeoutConfig, []string{ConformanceInfraNamespace})
+
 	expectedResponse := http.ExpectedResponse{
 		Request: http.Request{
 			Path: path,
diff --git a/test/e2e/tests/zone_aware_routing.go b/test/e2e/tests/zone_aware_routing.go
index 77958dcdb5..5ac6edc0fa 100644
--- a/test/e2e/tests/zone_aware_routing.go
+++ b/test/e2e/tests/zone_aware_routing.go
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ package tests
 import (
 	"testing"
 
-	"sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api/conformance/utils/kubernetes"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/gateway-api/conformance/utils/suite"
 )
 
@@ -24,9 +23,6 @@ var ZoneAwareRoutingTest = suite.ConformanceTest{
 	Manifests:   []string{"testdata/zone-aware-routing.yaml"},
 	Test: func(t *testing.T, suite *suite.ConformanceTestSuite) {
 		t.Run("only local zone should get requests", func(t *testing.T) {
-			// Let's make sure that all the deployments are ready.
-			kubernetes.NamespacesMustBeReady(t, suite.Client, suite.TimeoutConfig, []string{"gateway-conformance-infra"})
-
 			// Pods from the backend-local deployment have affinity
 			// for the Envoy Proxy pods so should receive all requests.
 			expected := map[string]int{