diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 1efd9c062e7e7cfcc6ff9f2867b71eb98a97a014..426e035adee1b2a7885b52f641133e8e1dfef857 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -346,7 +346,6 @@ aws/rke2/bigbang test:
     ## putting it here now for a quick way to install dig
     - echo -e "\e[0Ksection_start:`date +%s`:host_setup[collapsed=true]\r\e[0K\e[33;1mHost Setup\e[37m"
     - yum install bind-utils -y
-    - ./scripts/hosts.sh
     - echo -e "\e[0Ksection_end:`date +%s`:host_setup\r\e[0K"
     - *test_bigbang
     - |
diff --git a/scripts/hosts.sh b/scripts/hosts.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index e416cabc2e521a52af218d0519cd318cd7fa8b6f..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/scripts/hosts.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-set -e
-trap 'echo ❌ exit at ${0}:${LINENO}, command was: ${BASH_COMMAND} 1>&2' ERR
-
-## Adds all the vs hostnames and LB IP to /etc/hosts
-## Get the LB Hostname
-INGRESS_LB_Hostname=$(kubectl get svc -n istio-system public-ingressgateway -o jsonpath="{.status.loadBalancer.ingress[0].hostname}")
-## Get IP address from Hostname
-INGRESS_LB_IP=$(dig $INGRESS_LB_Hostname +search +short | head -1)
-
-## Get a list of all the vs in cluster
-VIRTUAL_SERVICES=$(kubectl get vs -A -o jsonpath={..spec.hosts[0]})
-
-## For each vs put it in /etc/hosts
-for vs in $VIRTUAL_SERVICES;
-do echo "$INGRESS_LB_IP $vs" >> /etc/hosts
-done
-
-##Cat out the file to see what we've done
-cat /etc/hosts