diff --git a/test/e2e/parallel/nstemplatetier_test.go b/test/e2e/parallel/nstemplatetier_test.go
index d778344f8..6f2e440ae 100644
--- a/test/e2e/parallel/nstemplatetier_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/parallel/nstemplatetier_test.go
@@ -141,18 +141,6 @@ func TestUpdateNSTemplateTier(t *testing.T) {
 	verifyResourceUpdatesForUserSignups(t, hostAwait, memberAwait, cookieUsers, cookieTier)
 	verifyResourceUpdatesForSpaces(t, hostAwait, memberAwait, spaces, chocolateTier)
 
-	// finally, verify the counters in the status.history for both 'cheesecake' and 'cookie' tiers
-	// cheesecake tier
-	// there should be 2 entries in the status.history (1 create + 1 update)
-	verifyStatus(t, hostAwait, "cheesecake", 2)
-
-	// cookie tier
-	// there should be 2 entries in the status.history (1 create + 1 update)
-	verifyStatus(t, hostAwait, "cookie", 2)
-
-	// chocolate tier
-	// there should be 2 entries in the status.history (1 create + 1 update)
-	verifyStatus(t, hostAwait, "chocolate", 2)
 }
 
 func TestResetDeactivatingStateWhenPromotingUser(t *testing.T) {
@@ -233,11 +221,6 @@ func setupAccounts(t *testing.T, awaitilities wait.Awaitilities, tier *tiers.Cus
 	return userSignups
 }
 
-func verifyStatus(t *testing.T, hostAwait *wait.HostAwaitility, tierName string, expectedCount int) {
-	_, err := hostAwait.WaitForNSTemplateTierAndCheckTemplates(t, tierName, wait.UntilNSTemplateTierStatusUpdates(expectedCount))
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-}
-
 func verifyResourceUpdatesForUserSignups(t *testing.T, hostAwait *wait.HostAwaitility, memberAwaitility *wait.MemberAwaitility, userSignups []*toolchainv1alpha1.UserSignup, tier *tiers.CustomNSTemplateTier) {
 	// if there's an annotation that describes on which other tier this one is based (for e2e tests only)
 	for _, usersignup := range userSignups {
diff --git a/testsupport/wait/host.go b/testsupport/wait/host.go
index 4484de46a..4cad9684e 100644
--- a/testsupport/wait/host.go
+++ b/testsupport/wait/host.go
@@ -860,7 +860,7 @@ func (a *HostAwaitility) printUserTierWaitCriterionDiffs(t *testing.T, actual *t
 	t.Log(buf.String())
 }
 
-// UntilUserTierHasDeactivationTimeoutDays verify that the UserTier status.Updates has the specified number of entries
+// UntilUserTierHasDeactivationTimeoutDays verify that the UserTier spec.DeactivationTimeoutDays is equal to the expected nummber
 func UntilUserTierHasDeactivationTimeoutDays(expected int) UserTierWaitCriterion {
 	return UserTierWaitCriterion{
 		Match: func(actual *toolchainv1alpha1.UserTier) bool {
@@ -1015,18 +1015,6 @@ func UntilNSTemplateTierSpec(matcher NSTemplateTierSpecMatcher) NSTemplateTierWa
 	}
 }
 
-// UntilNSTemplateTierStatusUpdates verify that the NSTemplateTier status.Updates has the specified number of entries
-func UntilNSTemplateTierStatusUpdates(expected int) NSTemplateTierWaitCriterion {
-	return NSTemplateTierWaitCriterion{
-		Match: func(actual *toolchainv1alpha1.NSTemplateTier) bool {
-			return len(actual.Status.Updates) == expected
-		},
-		Diff: func(actual *toolchainv1alpha1.NSTemplateTier) string {
-			return fmt.Sprintf("expected status.updates count %d. Actual: %d", expected, len(actual.Status.Updates))
-		},
-	}
-}
-
 // HasNoTemplateRefWithSuffix checks that ALL namespaces' `TemplateRef` doesn't have the suffix
 func HasNoTemplateRefWithSuffix(suffix string) NSTemplateTierSpecMatcher {
 	return NSTemplateTierSpecMatcher{