diff --git a/connectivity/check/deployment.go b/connectivity/check/deployment.go
index fbcce4e004..219247d00c 100644
--- a/connectivity/check/deployment.go
+++ b/connectivity/check/deployment.go
@@ -1099,13 +1099,8 @@ func (ct *ConnectivityTest) DeleteConnDisruptTestDeployment(ctx context.Context,
 
 // validateDeployment checks if the Deployments we created have the expected Pods in them.
 func (ct *ConnectivityTest) validateDeployment(ctx context.Context) error {
-	ct.Debug("Validating Deployments...")
 
-	disableEndpointCRD := false
-	if status, ok := ct.Feature(features.DisableEndpointCRD); ok && status.Enabled {
-		disableEndpointCRD = true
-		ct.Info("CiliumEndpoint CRD check disabled")
-	}
+	ct.Debug("Validating Deployments...")
 
 	srcDeployments, dstDeployments := ct.deploymentList()
 	for _, name := range srcDeployments {
@@ -1126,12 +1121,6 @@ func (ct *ConnectivityTest) validateDeployment(ctx context.Context) error {
 			return fmt.Errorf("unable to list perf pods: %w", err)
 		}
 		for _, perfPod := range perfPods.Items {
-			// Individual endpoints will not be created for pods using node's network stack
-			if !perfPod.Spec.HostNetwork && !disableEndpointCRD {
-				if err := WaitForCiliumEndpoint(ctx, ct, ct.clients.src, ct.Params().TestNamespace, perfPod.Name); err != nil {
-					return err
-				}
-			}
 			_, hasLabel := perfPod.GetLabels()["server"]
 			if hasLabel {
 				ct.perfServerPod = append(ct.perfServerPod, Pod{
@@ -1162,12 +1151,6 @@ func (ct *ConnectivityTest) validateDeployment(ctx context.Context) error {
 	}
 
 	for _, pod := range clientPods.Items {
-		if !disableEndpointCRD {
-			if err := WaitForCiliumEndpoint(ctx, ct, ct.clients.src, ct.Params().TestNamespace, pod.Name); err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
-		}
-
 		if strings.Contains(pod.Name, clientCPDeployment) {
 			ct.clientCPPods[pod.Name] = Pod{
 				K8sClient: ct.client,
@@ -1251,12 +1234,6 @@ func (ct *ConnectivityTest) validateDeployment(ctx context.Context) error {
 			return fmt.Errorf("unable to list echo pods: %w", err)
 		}
 		for _, echoPod := range echoPods.Items {
-			if !disableEndpointCRD {
-				if err := WaitForCiliumEndpoint(ctx, ct, client, echoPod.GetNamespace(), echoPod.GetName()); err != nil {
-					return err
-				}
-			}
-
 			ct.echoPods[echoPod.Name] = Pod{
 				K8sClient: client,
 				Pod:       echoPod.DeepCopy(),
diff --git a/connectivity/check/wait.go b/connectivity/check/wait.go
index e1f0c905b2..b2774b3f68 100644
--- a/connectivity/check/wait.go
+++ b/connectivity/check/wait.go
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/cilium/cilium/api/v1/models"
 	"golang.org/x/exp/slices"
-	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 
 	"github.com/cilium/cilium-cli/defaults"
 	"github.com/cilium/cilium-cli/k8s"
@@ -52,29 +51,6 @@ func WaitForDeployment(ctx context.Context, log Logger, client *k8s.Client, name
 	}
 }
 
-// WaitForCiliumEndpoint waits until the specified cilium endpoint gets created.
-func WaitForCiliumEndpoint(ctx context.Context, log Logger, client *k8s.Client, namespace, name string) error {
-	log.Logf("⌛ [%s] Waiting for CiliumEndpoint for pod %s/%s to appear...", client.ClusterName(), namespace, name)
-
-	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, ShortTimeout)
-	defer cancel()
-	for {
-		_, err := client.GetCiliumEndpoint(ctx, namespace, name, metav1.GetOptions{})
-		if err == nil {
-			return nil
-		}
-
-		log.Debugf("[%s] Error retrieving CiliumEndpoint for pod %s/%s: %s", client.ClusterName(), namespace, name, err)
-
-		select {
-		case <-time.After(PollInterval):
-		case <-ctx.Done():
-			return fmt.Errorf("timeout reached waiting for CiliumEndpoint %s/%s to appear (last error: %w)",
-				namespace, name, err)
-		}
-	}
-}
-
 // WaitForPodDNS waits until src can query the DNS server on dst successfully.
 func WaitForPodDNS(ctx context.Context, log Logger, src, dst Pod) error {
 	log.Logf("⌛ [%s] Waiting for pod %s to reach DNS server on %s pod...",
diff --git a/utils/features/features.go b/utils/features/features.go
index 74d2fa4c5f..7e5d55931a 100644
--- a/utils/features/features.go
+++ b/utils/features/features.go
@@ -63,8 +63,6 @@ const (
 	EnableEnvoyConfig Feature = "enable-envoy-config"
 
 	WireguardEncapsulate Feature = "wireguard-encapsulate"
-
-	DisableEndpointCRD Feature = "disable-endpoint-crd"
 )
 
 // Feature is the name of a Cilium Feature (e.g. l7-proxy, cni chaining mode etc)
@@ -269,10 +267,6 @@ func (fs Set) ExtractFromConfigMap(cm *v1.ConfigMap) {
 	fs[WireguardEncapsulate] = Status{
 		Enabled: cm.Data[string(WireguardEncapsulate)] == "true",
 	}
-
-	fs[DisableEndpointCRD] = Status{
-		Enabled: cm.Data[string(DisableEndpointCRD)] == "true",
-	}
 }
 
 func (fs Set) ExtractFromNodes(nodesWithoutCilium map[string]struct{}) {