diff --git a/test/kubernetes/e2e/features/istio/auto_mtls_suite.go b/test/kubernetes/e2e/features/istio/auto_mtls_suite.go
index 4f4d39e4c45..53263fc5323 100644
--- a/test/kubernetes/e2e/features/istio/auto_mtls_suite.go
+++ b/test/kubernetes/e2e/features/istio/auto_mtls_suite.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package istio
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"time"
 
 	"github.com/onsi/gomega"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/suite"
@@ -70,7 +69,6 @@ func (s *istioAutoMtlsTestingSuite) TestMtlsStrictPeerAuth() {
 			curl.WithPath("/headers"),
 		},
 		expectedMtlsResponse,
-		60*time.Second, // Allow for a longer timeout for the request to complete to ensure Istio has propagated the config
 	)
 }
 
diff --git a/test/kubernetes/e2e/features/istio/no_mtls_suite.go b/test/kubernetes/e2e/features/istio/no_mtls_suite.go
index e6fd6d51354..482848e9290 100644
--- a/test/kubernetes/e2e/features/istio/no_mtls_suite.go
+++ b/test/kubernetes/e2e/features/istio/no_mtls_suite.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package istio
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"time"
 
 	"github.com/onsi/gomega"
 	"github.com/solo-io/gloo/pkg/utils/kubeutils"
@@ -72,7 +71,6 @@ func (s *istioTestingSuite) TestStrictPeerAuth() {
 			curl.WithPath("/headers"),
 		},
 		expectedServiceUnavailableResponse,
-		60*time.Second, // Allow for a longer timeout for the request to complete to ensure Istio has propagated the config
 	)
 }