diff --git a/internal/gatewayapi/backendtlspolicy.go b/internal/gatewayapi/backendtlspolicy.go
index 8c022d34522..e147589577a 100644
--- a/internal/gatewayapi/backendtlspolicy.go
+++ b/internal/gatewayapi/backendtlspolicy.go
@@ -162,41 +162,3 @@ func getBackendTLSBundle(policies []*gwapiv1a2.BackendTLSPolicy, configmaps []*c
 
 	return tlsBundle, nil
 }
-
-func (t *Translator) ProcessBackendTLSPoliciesAncestorRef(backendTLSPolicies []*gwapiv1a2.BackendTLSPolicy, gateways []*GatewayContext) []*gwapiv1a2.BackendTLSPolicy {
-
-	var res []*gwapiv1a2.BackendTLSPolicy
-
-	for _, btlsPolicy := range backendTLSPolicies {
-
-		policy := btlsPolicy.DeepCopy()
-		res = append(res, policy)
-
-		if policy.Status.Ancestors != nil {
-			for k, status := range policy.Status.Ancestors {
-				if status.AncestorRef.Kind != nil && *status.AncestorRef.Kind != KindGateway {
-					continue
-				}
-				exist := false
-				for _, gwContext := range gateways {
-					gw := gwContext.Gateway
-					if gw.Name == string(status.AncestorRef.Name) && gw.Namespace == NamespaceDerefOrAlpha(status.AncestorRef.Namespace, "default") {
-						for _, lis := range gw.Spec.Listeners {
-							if lis.Name == ptr.Deref(status.AncestorRef.SectionName, "") {
-								exist = true
-							}
-						}
-					}
-				}
-
-				if !exist {
-					policy.Status.Ancestors = append(policy.Status.Ancestors[:k], policy.Status.Ancestors[k+1:]...)
-				}
-			}
-		} else {
-			policy.Status.Ancestors = []gwapiv1a2.PolicyAncestorStatus{}
-		}
-	}
-
-	return res
-}
diff --git a/internal/gatewayapi/translator.go b/internal/gatewayapi/translator.go
index 51b7b6fb7dd..83a819fbd23 100644
--- a/internal/gatewayapi/translator.go
+++ b/internal/gatewayapi/translator.go
@@ -207,15 +207,12 @@ func (t *Translator) Translate(resources *Resources) *TranslateResult {
 	securityPolicies := t.ProcessSecurityPolicies(
 		resources.SecurityPolicies, gateways, routes, resources, xdsIR)
 
-	backendTLSPolicies := t.ProcessBackendTLSPoliciesAncestorRef(
-		resources.BackendTLSPolicies, gateways)
-
 	// Sort xdsIR based on the Gateway API spec
 	sortXdsIRMap(xdsIR)
 
 	return newTranslateResult(gateways, httpRoutes, grpcRoutes, tlsRoutes,
 		tcpRoutes, udpRoutes, clientTrafficPolicies, backendTrafficPolicies,
-		securityPolicies, backendTLSPolicies, xdsIR, infraIR)
+		securityPolicies, resources.BackendTLSPolicies, xdsIR, infraIR)
 
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/provider/kubernetes/controller.go b/internal/provider/kubernetes/controller.go
index 1b499856ae8..de40a862f18 100644
--- a/internal/provider/kubernetes/controller.go
+++ b/internal/provider/kubernetes/controller.go
@@ -863,9 +863,8 @@ func (r *gatewayAPIReconciler) processBackendTLSPolicies(
 
 	for _, policy := range backendTLSPolicies.Items {
 		policy := policy
-		// Discard Status to reduce memory consumption in watchable
-		// It will be recomputed by the gateway-api layer
-		policy.Status = gwapiv1a2.PolicyStatus{} // todo ?
+		// The status of BackendTLSPolicies can't be discarded because the status
+		// can be modified by multiple controllers.
 		resourceTree.BackendTLSPolicies = append(resourceTree.BackendTLSPolicies, &policy)
 	}