diff --git a/pkg/controllers/routing/bgp_policies_test.go b/pkg/controllers/routing/bgp_policies_test.go
index c727cafb1..9f0118ab2 100644
--- a/pkg/controllers/routing/bgp_policies_test.go
+++ b/pkg/controllers/routing/bgp_policies_test.go
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ type PolicyTestCase struct {
 	customImportRejectDefinedSet *gobgpapi.DefinedSet
 	exportPolicyStatements       []*gobgpapi.Statement
 	importPolicyStatements       []*gobgpapi.Statement
-	addPolicyErr                 error
 	startBGPServerErr            error
 }
 
@@ -171,7 +170,6 @@ func Test_AddPolicies(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			[]*gobgpapi.Statement{},
 			nil,
-			nil,
 		},
 		{
 			"has nodes and services with custom import reject annotation",
@@ -415,7 +413,6 @@ func Test_AddPolicies(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			},
 			nil,
-			nil,
 		},
 		{
 			"has nodes, services with external peers",
@@ -620,7 +617,6 @@ func Test_AddPolicies(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			},
 			nil,
-			nil,
 		},
 		{
 			"has nodes, services with external peers and iBGP disabled",
@@ -808,7 +804,6 @@ func Test_AddPolicies(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			},
 			nil,
-			nil,
 		},
 		{
 			"prepends AS with external peers",
@@ -1019,7 +1014,6 @@ func Test_AddPolicies(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			},
 			nil,
-			nil,
 		},
 		{
 			"only prepends AS when both node annotations are present",
@@ -1228,7 +1222,6 @@ func Test_AddPolicies(t *testing.T) {
 					},
 				},
 			},
-			nil,
 			fmt.Errorf("both %s and %s must be set", pathPrependASNAnnotation, pathPrependRepeatNAnnotation),
 		},
 		{
@@ -1444,7 +1437,6 @@ func Test_AddPolicies(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			},
 			nil,
-			nil,
 		},
 	}
 
@@ -1490,15 +1482,9 @@ func Test_AddPolicies(t *testing.T) {
 			informerFactory := informers.NewSharedInformerFactory(testcase.nrc.clientset, 0)
 			nodeInformer := informerFactory.Core().V1().Nodes().Informer()
 			testcase.nrc.nodeLister = nodeInformer.GetIndexer()
-			err = testcase.nrc.AddPolicies()
-			if !reflect.DeepEqual(err, testcase.addPolicyErr) {
-				t.Logf("expected err when invoking AddPolicies(): %v", testcase.addPolicyErr)
-				t.Logf("actual err from AddPolicies() received: %v", err)
-				t.Error("unexpected error")
-			}
-			// If we expect AddPolicies() to fail we should stop here as there is no point in further evaluating policies
-			if testcase.addPolicyErr != nil {
-				return
+			if err := testcase.nrc.AddPolicies(); err != nil {
+				// If AddPolicies() failed we should stop here as there is no point in further evaluating policies
+				t.Fatalf("unexpected error when invoking AddPolicies(): %v", err)
 			}
 
 			err = testcase.nrc.bgpServer.ListDefinedSet(context.Background(),
diff --git a/pkg/controllers/routing/network_routes_controller_test.go b/pkg/controllers/routing/network_routes_controller_test.go
index 46aac623d..a55b4ab2c 100644
--- a/pkg/controllers/routing/network_routes_controller_test.go
+++ b/pkg/controllers/routing/network_routes_controller_test.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package routing
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"net"
 	"os"
@@ -1813,7 +1812,6 @@ func Test_nodeHasEndpointsForService(t *testing.T) {
 		existingService  *v1core.Service
 		existingEndpoint *v1core.Endpoints
 		nodeHasEndpoints bool
-		err              error
 	}{
 		{
 			"node has endpoints for service",
@@ -1860,7 +1858,6 @@ func Test_nodeHasEndpointsForService(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			},
 			true,
-			nil,
 		},
 		{
 			"node has no endpoints for service",
@@ -1907,7 +1904,6 @@ func Test_nodeHasEndpointsForService(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			},
 			false,
-			nil,
 		},
 	}
 
@@ -1930,10 +1926,8 @@ func Test_nodeHasEndpointsForService(t *testing.T) {
 			waitForListerWithTimeout(testcase.nrc.epLister, time.Second*10, t)
 
 			nodeHasEndpoints, err := testcase.nrc.nodeHasEndpointsForService(testcase.existingService)
-			if !errors.Is(err, testcase.err) {
-				t.Logf("actual err: %v", err)
-				t.Logf("expected err: %v", testcase.err)
-				t.Error("unexpected error")
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Errorf("unexpected error: %v", err)
 			}
 			if nodeHasEndpoints != testcase.nodeHasEndpoints {
 				t.Logf("expected nodeHasEndpoints: %v", testcase.nodeHasEndpoints)
@@ -1953,7 +1947,6 @@ func Test_advertisePodRoute(t *testing.T) {
 		node        *v1core.Node
 		// the key is the subnet from the watch event
 		watchEvents map[string]bool
-		err         error
 	}{
 		{
 			"add bgp path for pod cidr using NODE_NAME",
@@ -1984,7 +1977,6 @@ func Test_advertisePodRoute(t *testing.T) {
 			map[string]bool{
 				"172.20.0.0/24": true,
 			},
-			nil,
 		},
 		{
 			"add bgp path for pod cidr using hostname override",
@@ -2016,7 +2008,6 @@ func Test_advertisePodRoute(t *testing.T) {
 			map[string]bool{
 				"172.20.0.0/24": true,
 			},
-			nil,
 		},
 		{
 			"advertise IPv6 Address when enabled",
@@ -2051,7 +2042,6 @@ func Test_advertisePodRoute(t *testing.T) {
 			map[string]bool{
 				"2001:db8:42:2::/64": true,
 			},
-			nil,
 		},
 		/* disabling tests for now, as node POD cidr is read just once at the starting of the program
 		   Tests needs to be adopted to catch the errors when NetworkRoutingController starts
@@ -2148,11 +2138,8 @@ func Test_advertisePodRoute(t *testing.T) {
 			_ = os.Setenv("NODE_NAME", testcase.envNodeName)
 			defer func() { _ = os.Unsetenv("NODE_NAME") }()
 
-			err = testcase.nrc.advertisePodRoute()
-			if !reflect.DeepEqual(err, testcase.err) {
-				t.Logf("actual error: %v", err)
-				t.Logf("expected error: %v", testcase.err)
-				t.Error("did not get expected error")
+			if err := testcase.nrc.advertisePodRoute(); err != nil {
+				t.Errorf("unexpected error: %v", err)
 			}
 
 			timeoutCh := time.After(time.Second * 10)