diff --git a/make/test.mk b/make/test.mk
index d294c5bcf..2059207ac 100644
--- a/make/test.mk
+++ b/make/test.mk
@@ -265,8 +265,6 @@ print-operator-logs:
 setup-toolchainclusters: ksctl
 	${KSCTL_BIN_DIR}ksctl adm register-member --host-ns="$(HOST_NS)" --member-ns="$(MEMBER_NS)" --host-kubeconfig="$(or ${KUBECONFIG}, ${HOME}/.kube/config)" --member-kubeconfig="$(or ${KUBECONFIG}, ${HOME}/.kube/config)" ${LETS_ENCRYPT_PARAM} -y
 	if [[ ${SECOND_MEMBER_MODE} == true ]]; then ${KSCTL_BIN_DIR}ksctl adm register-member --host-ns="$(HOST_NS)" --member-ns="$(MEMBER_NS_2)" --host-kubeconfig="$(or ${KUBECONFIG}, ${HOME}/.kube/config)" --member-kubeconfig="$(or ${KUBECONFIG}, ${HOME}/.kube/config)" ${LETS_ENCRYPT_PARAM} --name-suffix="2" -y ; fi
-	echo "Restart host operator pods so it can get the ToolchainCluster CRs while it's starting up".
-	oc delete pods --namespace ${HOST_NS} -l control-plane=controller-manager
 
 
 .PHONY: deploy-single-member-e2e