diff --git a/api/v1beta1/conditions_consts.go b/api/v1beta1/conditions_consts.go
index ae5d761df1..9994134d7f 100644
--- a/api/v1beta1/conditions_consts.go
+++ b/api/v1beta1/conditions_consts.go
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ const (
 	// WaitForDNSNameReason used while waiting for a DNS name for the API server to be populated.
 	WaitForDNSNameReason = "WaitForDNSName"
 	// WaitForDNSNameResolveReason used while waiting for DNS name to resolve.
+	// Deprecated: this condition is no longer used.
 	WaitForDNSNameResolveReason = "WaitForDNSNameResolve"
 	// LoadBalancerFailedReason used when an error occurs during load balancer reconciliation.
 	LoadBalancerFailedReason = "LoadBalancerFailed"
diff --git a/api/v1beta2/conditions_consts.go b/api/v1beta2/conditions_consts.go
index c76dd13d5b..8c7cac9b3b 100644
--- a/api/v1beta2/conditions_consts.go
+++ b/api/v1beta2/conditions_consts.go
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ const (
 	// WaitForDNSNameReason used while waiting for a DNS name for the API server to be populated.
 	WaitForDNSNameReason = "WaitForDNSName"
 	// WaitForDNSNameResolveReason used while waiting for DNS name to resolve.
+	// Deprecated: This condition is no longer used.
 	WaitForDNSNameResolveReason = "WaitForDNSNameResolve"
 	// LoadBalancerFailedReason used when an error occurs during load balancer reconciliation.
 	LoadBalancerFailedReason = "LoadBalancerFailed"
diff --git a/controllers/awscluster_controller.go b/controllers/awscluster_controller.go
index b9b669d685..6d914a8137 100644
--- a/controllers/awscluster_controller.go
+++ b/controllers/awscluster_controller.go
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ package controllers
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
-	"net"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
@@ -313,13 +312,6 @@ func (r *AWSClusterReconciler) reconcileNormal(clusterScope *scope.ClusterScope)
 		return reconcile.Result{RequeueAfter: 15 * time.Second}, nil
 	}
 
-	clusterScope.Debug("looking up IP address for DNS", "dns", awsCluster.Status.Network.APIServerELB.DNSName)
-	if _, err := net.LookupIP(awsCluster.Status.Network.APIServerELB.DNSName); err != nil {
-		clusterScope.Error(err, "failed to get IP address for dns name", "dns", awsCluster.Status.Network.APIServerELB.DNSName)
-		conditions.MarkFalse(awsCluster, infrav1.LoadBalancerReadyCondition, infrav1.WaitForDNSNameResolveReason, clusterv1.ConditionSeverityInfo, "")
-		clusterScope.Info("Waiting on API server ELB DNS name to resolve")
-		return reconcile.Result{RequeueAfter: 15 * time.Second}, nil
-	}
 	conditions.MarkTrue(awsCluster, infrav1.LoadBalancerReadyCondition)
 
 	awsCluster.Spec.ControlPlaneEndpoint = clusterv1.APIEndpoint{
diff --git a/controllers/awscluster_controller_unit_test.go b/controllers/awscluster_controller_unit_test.go
index e074b4b072..02b2535946 100644
--- a/controllers/awscluster_controller_unit_test.go
+++ b/controllers/awscluster_controller_unit_test.go
@@ -363,31 +363,6 @@ func TestAWSClusterReconcileOperations(t *testing.T) {
 				g.Expect(err).To(BeNil())
 				expectAWSClusterConditions(g, cs.AWSCluster, []conditionAssertion{{infrav1.LoadBalancerReadyCondition, corev1.ConditionFalse, clusterv1.ConditionSeverityInfo, infrav1.WaitForDNSNameReason}})
 			})
-			t.Run("Should fail AWSCluster create with LoadBalancer reconcile failure with WaitForDNSNameResolve condition as false", func(t *testing.T) {
-				g := NewWithT(t)
-				awsCluster := getAWSCluster("test", "test")
-				runningCluster := func() {
-					networkSvc.EXPECT().ReconcileNetwork().Return(nil)
-					sgSvc.EXPECT().ReconcileSecurityGroups().Return(nil)
-					ec2Svc.EXPECT().ReconcileBastion().Return(nil)
-					elbSvc.EXPECT().ReconcileLoadbalancers().Return(nil)
-				}
-				csClient := setup(t, &awsCluster)
-				defer teardown()
-				runningCluster()
-				cs, err := scope.NewClusterScope(
-					scope.ClusterScopeParams{
-						Client:     csClient,
-						Cluster:    &clusterv1.Cluster{},
-						AWSCluster: &awsCluster,
-					},
-				)
-				awsCluster.Status.Network.APIServerELB.DNSName = "test-apiserver.us-east-1.aws"
-				g.Expect(err).To(BeNil())
-				_, err = reconciler.reconcileNormal(cs)
-				g.Expect(err).To(BeNil())
-				expectAWSClusterConditions(g, cs.AWSCluster, []conditionAssertion{{infrav1.LoadBalancerReadyCondition, corev1.ConditionFalse, clusterv1.ConditionSeverityInfo, infrav1.WaitForDNSNameResolveReason}})
-			})
 		})
 	})
 	t.Run("Reconcile delete AWSCluster", func(t *testing.T) {