diff --git a/testsuite/gateway/__init__.py b/testsuite/gateway/__init__.py
index 4412188b..bc27428b 100644
--- a/testsuite/gateway/__init__.py
+++ b/testsuite/gateway/__init__.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 from testsuite.certificates import Certificate
 from testsuite.lifecycle import LifecycleObject
-from testsuite.utils import asdict, _asdict_recurse
+from testsuite.utils import asdict
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from testsuite.openshift.client import OpenShiftClient
@@ -76,10 +76,6 @@ class PathMatch:
     type: Optional[MatchType] = None
     value: Optional[str] = None
 
-    # def asdict(self):
-    #     """Custom dict due to nested structure of matchers."""
-    #     return {"path": _asdict_recurse(self, False)}
-
 
 @dataclass
 class HeadersMatch:
@@ -89,10 +85,6 @@ class HeadersMatch:
     value: str
     type: Optional[Literal[MatchType.EXACT, MatchType.REGULAR_EXPRESSION]] = None
 
-    # def asdict(self):
-    #     """Custom dict due to nested structure of matchers."""
-    #     return {"headers": [_asdict_recurse(self, False)]}
-
 
 @dataclass
 class QueryParamsMatch:
@@ -102,23 +94,6 @@ class QueryParamsMatch:
     value: str
     type: Optional[Literal[MatchType.EXACT, MatchType.REGULAR_EXPRESSION]] = None
 
-    # def asdict(self):
-    #     """Custom dict due to nested structure of matchers."""
-    #     return {"queryParams": [_asdict_recurse(self, False)]}
-
-
-@dataclass
-class MethodMatch:
-    """
-    HTTPMethod describes how to select a HTTP route by matching the HTTP method. The value is expected in upper case.
-    """
-
-    value: HTTPMethod = None
-
-    def asdict(self):
-        """Custom dict due to nested structure of matchers."""
-        return {"method": self.value.value}
-
 
 @dataclass
 class RouteMatch:
@@ -132,7 +107,7 @@ class RouteMatch:
     path: Optional[PathMatch] = None
     headers: Optional[List[HeadersMatch]] = None
     query_params: Optional[List[QueryParamsMatch]] = None
-    method: HTTPMethod = None
+    method: Optional[HTTPMethod] = None
 
 
 class Gateway(LifecycleObject, Referencable):
diff --git a/testsuite/policy/rate_limit_policy.py b/testsuite/policy/rate_limit_policy.py
index 9343fa0a..1e547bb2 100644
--- a/testsuite/policy/rate_limit_policy.py
+++ b/testsuite/policy/rate_limit_policy.py
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 """RateLimitPolicy related objects"""
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from time import sleep
-from typing import Iterable, Literal, Optional
+from typing import Iterable, Literal, Optional, List
 
 import openshift as oc
 
 from testsuite.policy.authorization import Rule
 from testsuite.utils import asdict
-from testsuite.gateway import Referencable, HTTPMatcher
+from testsuite.gateway import Referencable, RouteMatch
 from testsuite.openshift.client import OpenShiftClient
 from testsuite.openshift import OpenShiftObject, modify
 
@@ -22,15 +22,21 @@ class Limit:
 
 
 @dataclass
-class RouteSelect:
+class RouteSelector:
     """
-    HTRTPPathMatch, HTTPHeaderMatch, HTTPQueryParamMatch, HTTPMethodMatch
+    RouteSelector is an object composed of a set of HTTPRouteMatch objects (from Gateway API -
+    HTRTPPathMatch, HTTPHeaderMatch, HTTPQueryParamMatch, HTTPMethodMatch),
+    and an additional hostnames field.
     https://docs.kuadrant.io/kuadrant-operator/doc/reference/route-selectors/#routeselector
     """
 
-    matches: Optional[list[HTTPMatcher]] = None
+    matches: Optional[list[RouteMatch]] = None
     hostnames: Optional[list[str]] = None
 
+    def __init__(self, *matches: RouteMatch, hostnames: Optional[List[str]] = None):
+        self.matches = list(matches) if matches else []
+        self.hostnames = hostnames
+
 
 class RateLimitPolicy(OpenShiftObject):
     """RateLimitPolicy (or RLP for short) object, used for applying rate limiting rules to a Gateway/HTTPRoute"""
@@ -57,7 +63,7 @@ def add_limit(
         limits: Iterable[Limit],
         when: Iterable[Rule] = None,
         counters: list[str] = None,
-        route_selectors: Iterable[RouteSelect] = None,
+        route_selectors: Iterable[RouteSelector] = None,
     ):
         """Add another limit"""
         limit: dict = {
diff --git a/testsuite/utils.py b/testsuite/utils.py
index e9116fa6..e11042fd 100644
--- a/testsuite/utils.py
+++ b/testsuite/utils.py
@@ -138,6 +138,9 @@ def asdict(obj) -> dict[str, JSONValues]:
 
 
 def _asdict_recurse(obj):
+    if hasattr(obj, "asdict"):
+        return obj.asdict()
+
     if not is_dataclass(obj):
         return deepcopy(obj)