diff --git a/hack/e2e-test.sh b/hack/e2e-test.sh
index 3174fbffc..5da943745 100755
--- a/hack/e2e-test.sh
+++ b/hack/e2e-test.sh
@@ -208,9 +208,6 @@ is_ippool_consistent() {
   local resolved_ippool_ip
   local exit_code=0
 
-  echo "Forcing reconciliation of the cluster ..."
-  bin/ip-reconciler -kubeconfig="${HOME}"/.kube/config
-
   ippool_keys=($(kubectl get ippool $pool_name --namespace $pool_namespace --output json \
     | jq --raw-output '.spec.allocations|to_entries |map("\(.key)")| .[]'))
   ips=($(nmap -sL -n $range | awk '/Nmap scan report for/{printf "%s ", $NF}'))