diff --git a/CHANGELOG.v2.alpha.md b/CHANGELOG.v2.alpha.md
index 2365faab95e6d..76415163c1d5e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.v2.alpha.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.v2.alpha.md
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. See [standard-version](https://github.com/conventional-changelog/standard-version) for commit guidelines.
 
+## [2.147.1-alpha.0](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/compare/v2.147.0-alpha.0...v2.147.1-alpha.0) (2024-06-21)
+
 ## [2.147.0-alpha.0](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/compare/v2.146.0-alpha.0...v2.147.0-alpha.0) (2024-06-20)
 
 
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.v2.md b/CHANGELOG.v2.md
index bba46a4f0ab9e..db207105d7d3a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.v2.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.v2.md
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. See [standard-version](https://github.com/conventional-changelog/standard-version) for commit guidelines.
 
+## [2.147.1](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/compare/v2.147.0...v2.147.1) (2024-06-21)
+
+
+### Reverts
+
+* route53 CrossAccountZoneDelegationRecord fails at deployment time with imported `delegatedZone` ([#30440](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/issues/30440))" ([#30606](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/issues/30606)) ([69eb617](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/commit/69eb617b45b5c4e495901d367d85e1edeea57e69)), closes [#30600](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/issues/30600)
+
 ## [2.147.0](https://github.com/aws/aws-cdk/compare/v2.146.0...v2.147.0) (2024-06-20)
 
 
diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-route53/README.md b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-route53/README.md
index 6fd275a2eb478..1c26a12541242 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-route53/README.md
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-route53/README.md
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ const delegationRole = iam.Role.fromRoleArn(this, 'DelegationRole', delegationRo
 
 // create the record
 new route53.CrossAccountZoneDelegationRecord(this, 'delegate', {
-  delegatedZone: subZone, // Note that an imported HostedZone is not supported as Name Servers info will not be available
+  delegatedZone: subZone,
   parentHostedZoneName: 'someexample.com', // or you can use parentHostedZoneId
   delegationRole,
 });
diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-route53/lib/record-set.ts b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-route53/lib/record-set.ts
index 3ee6f4aee669c..6706443b1f260 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-route53/lib/record-set.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-route53/lib/record-set.ts
@@ -929,10 +929,6 @@ export class CrossAccountZoneDelegationRecord extends Construct {
       throw Error('Only one of parentHostedZoneName and parentHostedZoneId is supported');
     }
 
-    if (!props.delegatedZone.hostedZoneNameServers) {
-      throw Error(`Not able to retrieve Name Servers for ${props.delegatedZone.zoneName} due to it being imported.`);
-    }
-
     const provider = CrossAccountZoneDelegationProvider.getOrCreateProvider(this, CROSS_ACCOUNT_ZONE_DELEGATION_RESOURCE_TYPE);
 
     const role = iam.Role.fromRoleArn(this, 'cross-account-zone-delegation-handler-role', provider.roleArn);
diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-route53/test/record-set.test.ts b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-route53/test/record-set.test.ts
index 9974237f6292c..20abd698ee68b 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-route53/test/record-set.test.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-route53/test/record-set.test.ts
@@ -893,27 +893,6 @@ describe('record set', () => {
     });
   });
 
-  test('CrossAccountZoneDelegationRecord should throw if delegatedZone is imported', () => {
-    // GIVEN
-    const stack = new Stack();
-    const parentZone = new route53.PublicHostedZone(stack, 'ParentHostedZone', {
-      zoneName: 'myzone.com',
-    });
-
-    // WHEN
-    const childZone = route53.PublicHostedZone.fromPublicHostedZoneAttributes(stack, 'ChildHostedZone', {
-      hostedZoneId: 'fake-id',
-      zoneName: 'fake-name',
-    });
-
-    //THEN
-    expect(() => new route53.CrossAccountZoneDelegationRecord(stack, 'Delegation', {
-      delegatedZone: childZone,
-      parentHostedZoneId: parentZone.hostedZoneId,
-      delegationRole: parentZone.crossAccountZoneDelegationRole!,
-    })).toThrow(/Not able to retrieve Name Servers for fake-name due to it being imported./);
-  });
-
   testDeprecated('Cross account zone delegation record with parentHostedZoneName', () => {
     // GIVEN
     const stack = new Stack();
diff --git a/version.v2.json b/version.v2.json
index 12a25bfeb85eb..9011996ed4acb 100644
--- a/version.v2.json
+++ b/version.v2.json
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 {
-  "version": "2.147.0",
-  "alphaVersion": "2.147.0-alpha.0"
+  "version": "2.147.1",
+  "alphaVersion": "2.147.1-alpha.0"
 }
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