diff --git a/testsuite/tests/multicluster/load_balanced/test_change_strategy.py b/testsuite/tests/multicluster/load_balanced/test_change_strategy.py
index afc3cb7c..7e75ce76 100644
--- a/testsuite/tests/multicluster/load_balanced/test_change_strategy.py
+++ b/testsuite/tests/multicluster/load_balanced/test_change_strategy.py
@@ -1,14 +1,35 @@
 """Test changing load-balancing strategy in DNSPolicy"""
 
+from time import sleep
+
 import pytest
+import dns.resolver
+
+from testsuite.kuadrant.policy.dns import has_record_condition
 
 pytestmark = [pytest.mark.multicluster]
 
 
-def test_change_lb_strategy(dns_policy2):
-    """Verify that changing load-balancing strategy is not allowed"""
+def test_change_lb_strategy(hostname, gateway, gateway2, dns_policy2, dns_server, dns_server2, wildcard_domain):
+    """Verify that removing DNSPolicy load-balancing configuration removes GEO load-balancing endpoint from the pool"""
+    resolver = dns.resolver.Resolver(configure=False)
+    resolver.nameservers = [dns_server["address"]]
+    assert resolver.resolve(hostname.hostname)[0].address == gateway.external_ip().split(":")[0]
+
+    resolver.nameservers = [dns_server2["address"]]
+    assert resolver.resolve(hostname.hostname)[0].address == gateway2.external_ip().split(":")[0]
+
     dns_policy2.model.spec.pop("loadBalancing")
-    res = dns_policy2.apply()
+    dns_policy2.apply()
+    assert dns_policy2.wait_until(
+        has_record_condition(
+            "Ready",
+            "False",
+            "ProviderError",
+            "The DNS provider failed to ensure the record: record type conflict, cannot update endpoint "
+            f"'{wildcard_domain}' with record type 'A' when endpoint already exists with record type 'CNAME'",
+        )
+    )
 
-    assert res.status() == 1
-    assert "loadBalancing is immutable" in res.err()
+    sleep(300)  # wait for DNS propagation on providers
+    assert resolver.resolve(hostname.hostname)[0].address == gateway.external_ip().split(":")[0]
diff --git a/testsuite/tests/multicluster/test_simple_strategy.py b/testsuite/tests/multicluster/test_simple_strategy.py
index 9854df14..598ad0d9 100644
--- a/testsuite/tests/multicluster/test_simple_strategy.py
+++ b/testsuite/tests/multicluster/test_simple_strategy.py
@@ -26,10 +26,15 @@ def test_simple_strategy(client, hostname, gateway, gateway2):
     gw1_ip, gw2_ip = gateway.external_ip().split(":")[0], gateway2.external_ip().split(":")[0]
     assert gw1_ip != gw2_ip
 
+    gw1_ip_resolved = dns.resolver.resolve(hostname.hostname)[0].address
+    gw2_ip_resolved = dns.resolver.resolve(hostname.hostname)[0].address
+    assert gw1_ip_resolved != gw2_ip_resolved, "Simple routing strategy should return IPs in a round-robin fashion"
+    assert {gw1_ip_resolved, gw2_ip_resolved} == {gw1_ip, gw2_ip}
+
     for i in range(10):
         assert (
-            dns.resolver.resolve(hostname.hostname)[0].address == gw1_ip
+            dns.resolver.resolve(hostname.hostname)[0].address == gw1_ip_resolved
         ), f"Simple routing strategy should return IPs in a round-robin fashion (iteration {i + 1})"
         assert (
-            dns.resolver.resolve(hostname.hostname)[0].address == gw2_ip
+            dns.resolver.resolve(hostname.hostname)[0].address == gw2_ip_resolved
         ), f"Simple routing strategy should return IPs in a round-robin fashion (iteration {i + 1})"