diff --git a/test/extended/networking/network_segmentation.go b/test/extended/networking/network_segmentation.go
index 9ad5ff6fa889..d118c7cd6113 100644
--- a/test/extended/networking/network_segmentation.go
+++ b/test/extended/networking/network_segmentation.go
@@ -287,34 +287,6 @@ var _ = Describe("[sig-network][OCPFeatureGate:NetworkSegmentation][Feature:User
 						//By("checking non-kubelet default network host process can't reach the UDN pod")
 
 						By("asserting UDN pod can't reach host via default network interface")
-						// tweak pod route to use default network interface as default
-						podAnno, err := unmarshalPodAnnotation(udnPod.Annotations, "default")
-						Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
-						for _, podIP := range podAnno.IPs {
-							ipCommand := []string{"exec", udnPod.Name, "--", "ip"}
-							if podIP.IP.To4() == nil {
-								ipCommand = append(ipCommand, "-6")
-							}
-							// 1. Find current default route and delete it
-							defRoute, err := e2ekubectl.RunKubectl(udnPod.Namespace,
-								append(ipCommand, "route", "show", "default")...)
-							Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
-							defRoute = strings.TrimSpace(defRoute)
-							if defRoute == "" {
-								continue
-							}
-							framework.Logf("Found default route %v, deleting", defRoute)
-							cmd := append(ipCommand, "route", "del")
-							_, err = e2ekubectl.RunKubectl(udnPod.Namespace,
-								append(cmd, strings.Split(defRoute, " ")...)...)
-							Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
-
-							// 2. Add a new default route to use default network interface
-							gatewayIP := NextIP(Network(podIP).IP)
-							_, err = e2ekubectl.RunKubectl(udnPod.Namespace,
-								append(ipCommand, "route", "add", "default", "via", gatewayIP.String(), "dev", "eth0")...)
-							Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
-						}
 						// Now try to reach the host from the UDN pod
 						defaultPodHostIP := udnPod.Status.HostIPs
 						for _, hostIP := range defaultPodHostIP {
@@ -325,7 +297,7 @@ var _ = Describe("[sig-network][OCPFeatureGate:NetworkSegmentation][Feature:User
 							}
 							Consistently(func() bool {
 								_, err := e2ekubectl.RunKubectl(udnPod.Namespace, "exec", udnPod.Name, "--",
-									ping, "-c", "1", "-W", "1", hostIP.IP,
+									ping, "-I", "eth0", "-c", "1", "-W", "1", hostIP.IP,
 								)
 								return err == nil
 							}, 4*time.Second).Should(BeFalse())